Buchanan, Erin M and Cuccolo, Kelly and Heyman, Tom and Sirota, Miroslav and et al (2025) Measuring the Semantic Priming Effect Across Many Languages. Nature Human Behaviour. (In Press)
Buchanan, Erin M and Cuccolo, Kelly and Heyman, Tom and Sirota, Miroslav and et al (2025) Measuring the Semantic Priming Effect Across Many Languages. Nature Human Behaviour. (In Press)
Buchanan, Erin M and Cuccolo, Kelly and Heyman, Tom and Sirota, Miroslav and et al (2025) Measuring the Semantic Priming Effect Across Many Languages. Nature Human Behaviour. (In Press)
Abstract
Semantic priming has been studied for nearly 50 years across various experimental manipulations and theoretical frameworks. Although previous studies provide insight into the cognitive underpinnings of semantic representations, they have suffered from small sample sizes and a lack of linguistic and cultural diversity. In this Registered Report, we measured the size and the variability of the semantic priming effect across 19 languages (N = 25,163 participants analyzed) by creating the largest available database of semantic priming values based on an adaptive sampling procedure. We found evidence for semantic priming in terms of differences in response latencies between related word-pair conditions and unrelated word-pair conditions. Model comparisons showed that inclusion of a random intercept for language improved model fit, providing support for variability in semantic priming across languages. This study highlights the robustness and variability of semantic priming across languages and provides a rich, linguistically diverse dataset for further analysis.
Item Type: | Article |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2025 13:42 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2025 13:42 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/41199 |