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Contextual Facilitation

Contextual Facilitation is a cognitive mechanism in lexical access whereby prior contextual information selectively enhances the retrieval speed and accuracy of target lexical representations by narrowing the activation of competing candidates within the mental lexicon.

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Lexical access during sentence comprehension: (Re)consideration of context effects

David Swinney · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1979 · 1.8K citations

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Interpersonal facilitation and job dedication as separate facets of contextual performance.

James R. Van Scotter, Stephan J. Motowidlo · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1996 · 1.1K citations

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Priming and the Effects of Sentence and Lexical Contexts on Naming Time: Evidence for Autonomous Lexical Processing

K. I. Forster · The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A · 1981 · 418 citations

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Abusive Supervision and Contextual Performance: The Mediating Role of Emotional Exhaustion and the Moderating Role of Work Unit Structure

Samuel Aryee, Li‐Yun Sun, Zhen Xiong George Chen et al. · Management and Organization Review · 2008 · 362 citations

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Individual Differences in Contextual Facilitation: Evidence from Dyslexia and Poor Reading Comprehension

Kate Nation, Margaret J. Snowling · Child Development · 1998 · 346 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. GB
    Greg B. Simpson

    University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States

    5 publications · 227 citations

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    Marilyn C. Smith

    University of Toronto, Canada

    5 publications · 451 citations

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  3. EL
    Ellen Lau

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    4 publications · 632 citations

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    Wido La Heij

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 266 citations

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    Robert D. Nebes

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    3 publications · 42 citations

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Institutions

169

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    782 citations

  2. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    662 citations

  3. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    289 citations

  5. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    441 citations

  7. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    270 citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    499 citations

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  2. Child Development

    8 publications · 822 citations

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  5. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

    6 publications · 2.5K citations

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