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“Meaningfulness” was induced by pairing nonsense syllables with pictures of common objects, and its effect was studied in three situations. Tachistoscopic thresholds were found to be identical for such syllables and for syllables previously exposed without pictures (frequency syllables). When serial learning was measured in lists composed of the two kinds of syllables, again no difference was found. In a third comparison, no difference was found in the mean numbers of associations for the meaning syllables and for syllables not seen before. Results are discussed in the light of studies by Riley & Phillips (1959) and by Taylor (1958).
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Supported by a National Institute of Health grant (MH 10538-01). to the first author, entitled “Verbal learning and word recognition: some comparisons.”
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Winniek, W.A., Eliner, M. “Meaningfulness” in tachistoscopic thresholds, serial learning, and association measurement. Psychon Sci 2, 233–234 (1965). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03343422
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