TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual repetition priming for words relies on access to the visual input lexicon
T2 - Evidence from a dyslexic patient
AU - Carlesimo, Giovanni A.
AU - Fadda, Lucia
AU - Sabbadini, Maurizio
AU - Caltagirone, Carlo
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - In this study we tested the hypothesis that visual repetition priming for words depends upon the accessibility of lexical units in the visual inout lexicon. For this purpose, we investigated a dyslexic patient, A.M., whose neuropsychological performances suggested an impaired access to the lexical route of reading. According to the predictions, Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrated deficient priming in tests involving the visual presentation of words (Word Identification and Stem Completion). In Experiment 3, we demonstrated that A.M.'s deficient priming was specific for visually presented words, in that the auditory presentation elicited a normal priming effect (auditory Stem Completion). These data are discussed in the light of a theoretical framework suggesting a fractionation of the modalities by which repetition priming can be elicited, each mediated by a particular memory subsystem.
AB - In this study we tested the hypothesis that visual repetition priming for words depends upon the accessibility of lexical units in the visual inout lexicon. For this purpose, we investigated a dyslexic patient, A.M., whose neuropsychological performances suggested an impaired access to the lexical route of reading. According to the predictions, Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrated deficient priming in tests involving the visual presentation of words (Word Identification and Stem Completion). In Experiment 3, we demonstrated that A.M.'s deficient priming was specific for visually presented words, in that the auditory presentation elicited a normal priming effect (auditory Stem Completion). These data are discussed in the light of a theoretical framework suggesting a fractionation of the modalities by which repetition priming can be elicited, each mediated by a particular memory subsystem.
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U2 - 10.1016/0028-3932(94)90155-4
DO - 10.1016/0028-3932(94)90155-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 7991076
AN - SCOPUS:0028107885
VL - 32
SP - 1089
EP - 1100
JO - Neuropsychologia
JF - Neuropsychologia
SN - 0028-3932
IS - 9
ER -