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Twelve Ss were asked to decide if pairs of nonsense syllables were identical or different. A second group of 12 Ss was asked to decide if pairs of words were synonymous or not. Prior to each pair all Ss were given either one member of the pair, an unrelated item of the same type, or the word “set.”Decisions about nonsense syllables were made faster than ones for words, and type of forewarning was also significant. In a second experiment 16 Ss were asked to judge the synonymity of 16 pairs of words where one was rare and one common. Ss had true and false forewarning. Forewarning was significant, but did not differentially effect judgments on rare and common words.
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1. This study was supported by USPHS Grant MH 11869-01 to the junior author. These results were presented at the meetings of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, May, 1966.
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Rohrman, N.L., Gough, P.B. Forewarning, meaning, and semantic decision latency. Psychon Sci 9, 217–218 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330837
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