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In a word-fragment-completion task, words cued all at once (e.g., O_T_OD__X) have an advantage over words cued incrementally (e.g., O_ _ _ _ _ _X, O_ _ _O_ _X, O_ _ _OD_X, O_T_OD_X). The advantage of standard cues over incremental cues is referred to as the cue-depreciation effect. Typically, this effect has only been observed with previously primed target items. This study investigated whether the cue-depreciation effect can be found in unprimed items. In both experiments reported here, the cue-depreciation effect was found in words that were not previously primed.
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This research was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Mental Retardation Research Training Grant 5-T32-HD07176-12.
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Thapar, A. The cue-depreciation effect on unprimed words. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 30, 323–324 (1992). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330480
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330480