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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2001): |
Is the go/no-go lexical decision task an alternative to the yes/no lexical decision task?
Full Abstract
In the go/no-go lexical decision task (LDT), participants are instructed to respond as quickly as they can when a word is presented and not to respond if a nonword is presented. By minimizing part of the response selection process in the experimental task, the impact of response decision time on the obtained lexical decision time is probably reduced relative to the standard yes/no LDT (Gordon, 1983). Experiments 1 and 2 show that the go/no-go LDT is sensitive to the effects of word frequency and associative priming--the magnitude of these effects is similar with the two tasks. More important, the go/no-go LDT has a number of advantages with respect to the "standard" yes/no
LDT:
It offers faster response times, more accurate responding, and fewer processing demands than does the yes/no task. Accordingly, the go/no-go task appears to be an excellent alternative to the standard yes/no task.
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Author information
Author/s: Perea, Manuel (M); Rosa, Eva (E); Gómez, Consolación (C);
Affiliation: Universitat de Valčncia, Spain. mperea@uv.es
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Memory & cognition (Mem Cognit), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jan; vol 30 (issue 1) : pp 34-45
Dates: Created 2002/04/17; Completed 2002/10/29; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 11958353, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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