Is the masked priming same-different task a pure measure of prelexical processing?

To study prelexical processes involved in visual word recognition a task is needed that only operates at the level of abstract letter identities. The masked priming same-different task has been purported to do this, as the same pattern of priming is shown for words and nonwords. However, studies usi...

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Main Authors: Andrew N Kelly, Walter J B van Heuven, Nicola J Pitchford, Timothy Ledgeway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3776839?pdf=render