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dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-14T10:02:14Z
dc.date.available2012-02-14T10:02:14Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.identifier.citationFletcher , B 1983 , ' The role of category information in word identification : a parallel decision-model ' , Memory and Cognition , vol. 11 , no. 3 , pp. 237-250 . https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03196970
dc.identifier.issn0090-502X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 586535
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 1ba41f94-2e8f-4b73-ad0d-62196982ee84
dc.identifier.otherWOS: A1983QX27500003
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 0020757324
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/7789
dc.description.abstractFour experiments consider the role of semantic category information in word identification using a serial classification reaction time paradigm. Experimental variables were manipulated by varying the semantic properties of blocks of trials and the target search instructions. Experiments 1, 2, and 3 investigated the facilitation on target word recognition of manipulating the categorical homogeneity of the nontarget words. An homogeneous nontarget set facilitated the classification of unrelated target words. This category contrast effect was obtained in all conditions, although its magnitude depended upon target search instructions. Experiment 3 also investigated whether word identification was inhibited if subjects were prevented from utilizing the category information to distinguish target from nontarget words. Target and nontarget word identification was slower under such conditions. Experiment 4 demonstratd that both the category contrast and category interference effects were dependent upon the use of short response-stimulus intervals to define a functional semantic background. This suggests the category effects are perceptual in nature. Current models of word recognition cannot easily explain the findings. A committee decision model is outlined to accommodate the data; the model proposes that visual analysis, identification, and categorization proceed in parallel.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMemory and Cognition
dc.titleThe role of category information in word identification : a parallel decision-modelen
dc.contributor.institutionHealth & Human Sciences Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology
dc.contributor.institutionApplied and Practice-based Research
dc.contributor.institutionBehaviour Change in Health and Business
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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