Pre- and postlexical loci of contextual effects on word recognition

A spreading-activation theory of semantic processing.

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Controlled and automatic human information processing: II. Perceptual learning, automatic attending and a general theory.

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An interactive activation model of context effects in letter perception: I. An account of basic findings.

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Facilitation in recognizing pairs of words: Evidence of a dependence between retrieval operations.

David E. Meyer, Roger W. Schvaneveldt · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1971 · 2.9K citations

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Semantic priming and retrieval from lexical memory: Roles of inhibitionless spreading activation and limited-capacity attention.

James H. Neely · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1977 · 2.7K citations

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