Priming is task-appropriate

Priming, the facilitation of a target based on its relationship with a prime, is a widely used tool to study semantic memory. Despite this, the precise nature of it is still in question: we have yet to figure out what kinds of features underlie semantic memory and automatic priming. This problem largely owes itself to conflicting experimental results where relationships that prime in some experiments have been found not to prime in others (Hutchison, 2003). We propose evidence for a new theory that has the potential to resolve this conflict: that priming is task-appropriate. Semantic memory configures itself to encourage success on the task-at-hand.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2022

Author dc:creator

• Chia, Lin Khern Avery

Contributors dc:contributor

• Willits, Jon A
• Federmeier, Kara

• automatic
• semantic priming
• semantic memory
• priming
• task-effect

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2022 Lin Khern Chia

Language dc:language

en, eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/115346

OAI record oai:identifier

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