Methodological control of semantic priming in Alzheimer's disease

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作者
Shenaut, GK [1 ]
Ober, BA [1 ]
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[1] NO CALIF HLTH CARE SYST, DEPT VET AFFAIRS, PLEASANTVILLE, NY USA
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10.1037/0882-7974.11.3.443
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R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
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1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
We conducted a lexical-decision. semantic priming experiment that included 250- and 1000-ms stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs) with 32 probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 40 older normal persons. Attention-based. controlled processes are assumed to occur only at the longer of the 2 SOAs. The AD group showed greater than normal priming in the long-SOA but not the short-SOA condition. We conclude that greater than normal AD priming is a function of controlled processing rather than semantic network degradation.
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