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Is semantics activated automatically? Evidence from the PRP paradigm

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Ford, Natalie, Thesis advisor (ths): Chan-Reynolds, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Liu, Mowei, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Three experiments examined whether semantics is activated automatically by testing whether Arabic digits (e.g., 4), number words (e.g., four), and non-number words (e.g., rat) activate semantics in the absence of central attention within the Psychological Refractory Period (PRP) paradigm. In all three experiments, subjects performed colour discriminations as Task 1. In Task 2, subjects… more
Full Text: IS SEMANTICS ACTIVATED AUTOMATICALLY? EVIDENCE FROM THE PRP PARDIGM.     A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …