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Creating false memories of words with or without recognition of list items: evidence for nonconscious process

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Subjects in an experiment who were presented with lists of words that were semantically related to non-presented critical words frequently and erroneously recalled the non-presented critical word in a free recall test conducted after each list's presentation. Some researchers have attributed this false memory effect to a theory which suggests that when subjects encode words, they activate semantic associates to those words. The results of two false memory experiments are evaluated, where lists used contained items the subjects would not be abe to recognize.

Analysis, Recovered memory (Psychology), Recovered memory, Association tests

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The effect of meaning frequency on processing lexically ambiguous words: evidence from eye fixations

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A study was conducted to determine how lexical information is processed in the brain. The subjects were asked to read sentences containing words which were classified as either ambiguous, high frequency (HF) or low frequency (LF). The duration of eye fixation on these given words was measured. Statistical analysis of data showed a significant difference between all these conditions. These results are best explained by the reordered access model and the integration model of lexical processing. Both models stress the importance of frequency.

Information management, Lexicology

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The effect of clause wrap-up on eye movements during reading

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An experiment has been conducted to examine how clause wrap-up affects eye movements during reading, with a focus on whether decisions on when to move the eyes are independent of decisions on where to move the eyes. Topics discussed include initial fixation times, probability of skipping, landing position, regressions, typicality effect, clause wrap-up effect, regressions and clause boundaries, saccade length and landing positions.

Statistical Data Included, Grammar, Comparative and general, Grammar, Eye, Eye movements, Reading, Psychology of

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