Lexical decision task

The lexical decision task (LDT) is a procedure used in many psychology and psycholinguistics experiments. The basic procedure involves measuring how quickly people classify stimuli as words or nonwords.

Although versions of the task had been used by researchers for a number of years, the term lexical decision task was coined by David E. Meyer and Roger W. Schvaneveldt, who brought the task to prominence in a series of studies on semantic memory and word recognition in the early 1970s.^[1]^[2]^[3] Since then, the task has been used in thousands of studies, investigating semantic memory and lexical access in general.^[4]^[5]

^ Meyer, D.E.; Schvaneveldt, R.W. (1971). "Facilitation in recognizing pairs of words: Evidence of a dependence between retrieval operations". Journal of Experimental Psychology. 90 (2): 227–234. doi:10.1037/h0031564. PMID 5134329.
^ Schvaneveldt, R.W.; Meyer, D.E. (1973), "Retrieval and comparison processes in semantic memory", in Kornblum, S. (ed.), Attention and performance IV, New York: Academic Press, pp. 395–409
^ Meyer, D.E.; Schvaneveldt, R.W.; Ruddy, M.G. (1975), "Loci of contextual effects on visual word recognition", in Rabbitt, P.; Dornic, S. (eds.), Attention and performance V, London: Academic Press, pp. 98–118
^ Lucas, Margery (1999-05-01). "Context effects in lexical access: A meta-analysis". Memory & Cognition. 27 (3): 385–398. doi:10.3758/bf03211535. ISSN 0090-502X. PMID 10355230.
^ Lucas, Margery (2000-12-01). "Semantic priming without association: A meta-analytic review". Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 7 (4): 618–630. doi:10.3758/bf03212999. ISSN 1069-9384. PMID 11206202.

[MS71-1] Meyer, D.E.; Schvaneveldt, R.W. (1971). "Facilitation in recognizing pairs of words: Evidence of a dependence between retrieval operations". Journal of Experimental Psychology. 90 (2): 227–234. doi:10.1037/h0031564. PMID 5134329.

[SM73-2] Schvaneveldt, R.W.; Meyer, D.E. (1973), "Retrieval and comparison processes in semantic memory", in Kornblum, S. (ed.), Attention and performance IV, New York: Academic Press, pp. 395–409

[MSR75-3] Meyer, D.E.; Schvaneveldt, R.W.; Ruddy, M.G. (1975), "Loci of contextual effects on visual word recognition", in Rabbitt, P.; Dornic, S. (eds.), Attention and performance V, London: Academic Press, pp. 98–118

[4] Lucas, Margery (1999-05-01). "Context effects in lexical access: A meta-analysis". Memory & Cognition. 27 (3): 385–398. doi:10.3758/bf03211535. ISSN 0090-502X. PMID 10355230.

[5] Lucas, Margery (2000-12-01). "Semantic priming without association: A meta-analytic review". Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 7 (4): 618–630. doi:10.3758/bf03212999. ISSN 1069-9384. PMID 11206202.

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