Evidence of unconscious semantic processing from a forced error situation

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ID9620698
AuthorsJohn A Groeger (0000-0002-3582-1058, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume75
Issue3
Pages305-314
Publication date1984-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1984.tb01902.x
PMID6487924
OpenAlexW2149938146
LanguageEN
Citations received6

A study was carried out to determine whether subjects extracted information from words presented below their recognition and awareness thresholds. A series of target words was used to generate the word matrix, which was a set of 24 words related to the target in specified ways. Following subthreshold exposure of a target word, subjects chose the word they thought had been shown from the word matrix for that particular target. It was held that the alternative chosen was a function of the type of processing the target was receiving. Results showed that structural analysis of the target predominated below recognition threshold, whereas semantic analysis predominated below awareness threshold

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Semantic memory · Semantics (computer science) · Set (abstract data type) · Speech recognition · Unconscious mind · Word (group theory) · Word recognition · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Neuroscience · Psychology

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