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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. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Lexical decision taskA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Event-related potential and lexical decision task in dyslexic adults: Lexical and lateralization effectsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Invitation to Computer ScienceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Diffusion Model Account of the Lexical Decision Task.Cited 411 times
- Go sideways: Semantic processingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Priming (psychology)A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Diffusion Model Account of the Lexical Decision Task.
Phonological Encoding in the Lexical Decision Task
Semantic facilitation without association in a lexical decision task
Semantic processing in aphasia: Evidence from an auditory lexical decision task
Repetition and practice effects in a lexical decision task
The frequency effect for pseudowords in the lexical decision task
Associative facilitation without expectancy in a lexical decision task.
Is the go/no-go lexical decision task an alternative to the yes/no lexical decision task?
🆕 Influential since 2022
Event-related potential and lexical decision task in dyslexic adults: Lexical and lateralization effects
Examining interhemispheric processing and task demand in lexical decision-making: insights from lateralized visual field paradigm
Colored valence in a lexical decision task
Are there task-specific effects in morphological processing? Examining semantic transparency effects in semantic categorisation and lexical decision
Task cue influences on lexical decision performance and masked semantic priming effects: The role of cue-task compatibility
📚 Books worth reading
Invitation to Computer ScienceG. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting · 1995- 📕Congruence, word frequency, word shape and grammatical interactions in a lexical decision taskJ. Syson
- 📕Effects of word shape in an unattended printed word in a lexical decision taskPeter H. Martin
- 📕Artificial intelligence research and developmentSpain) Catalonian Conference on AI (12th 2009 Cardona · 2009
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