LEXICAL DECISION

This study examined the effect of related or unrelated pairs of words on response time. Participants’ were measured using the Lexical Decision experiment from the Coglab Website. Participants were given pairs of words and then timed on their reaction to choosing if the words were related or not related due to priming. As predicted, reaction time was faster when the two words were related than when they were not related. The results are discussed within the Spreading Activation Theory (Solso, 2001).