The semantic priming paradigm in the word reading processing investigation

Authors

  • Jerusa Fumagalli de Salles UFRGS
  • Graciela Inchausti Jou PUCRS
  • Lilian Milnitsky Stein PUCRS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v11i1.5996

Keywords:

semantic priming, word reading, implicit memory

Abstract

Priming is a type of implicit memory (non-declarative) referring to the facilitating effects of precedent events (primes) on subsequent performance (targets). In semantic priming there is a relation of signification or context between the prime and the target. This paradigm can be used as a methodological resource to study, in an indirect manner, the semantic processing in reading. This article aims to present concepts and discuss methodological aspects of the paradigm of semantic priming and the possibilities of using it in studying the process of reading. A revision of concepts and the discussion of methodological aspects of the semantic priming paradigm in reading studies will be presented. Theoretical models of word reading (access to mental lexicon), the explanatory models for the semantic priming effect in reading will be approached. And, studies using the paradigm to investigate the recognition of written words will be analyzed. Despite international studies that led to non-consensual results, especially those undertaken with children, this study infers that the semantic priming paradigm shows to be useful in investigating implicit and on-line semantic knowledge, rather, during the process of reading words, which makes its testing more ecological and less artificial. The differences of results can be related to the variability of methodological procedures.

Keywords: semantic priming; word reading; implicit memory.

Author Biographies

Jerusa Fumagalli de Salles, UFRGS

Doutora em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento, Prof.ª Adjunto do Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS.

Graciela Inchausti Jou, PUCRS

Doutora em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento - UFRGS, Professora da Faculdade de Psicologia - PUCRS.

Lilian Milnitsky Stein, PUCRS

Pós-Doutora em Psicologia Cognitiva, Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da PUCRS.

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Published

2007-11-30

How to Cite

de Salles, J. F., Jou, G. I., & Stein, L. M. (2007). The semantic priming paradigm in the word reading processing investigation. Interação Em Psicologia, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v11i1.5996

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2007)

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