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Two experiments employing the lexical decision task were conducted. In each experiment, an attempt was made to replicate Neely’s 1976 study; however, in both experiments, although facilitation was exhibited, there was never any inhibition found. Results were affected by time parameters but were affected little by the nature of the prime. Results fail to verify the two-process model of semantic memory as proposed by Neely.
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Patton, B.L., Lefton, L.A. Facilitation without inhibition. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 23, 191–194 (1985). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329823
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