CONTEXT EFFECTS IN REPETITION PRIMING ARE SENSE EFFECTS

This article reports three experiments that investigate the role of co ntext in repetition priming using a lexical decision task. The experim ents show that repetition priming is either eliminated or significantl y reduced if a change in context also alters the perceived sense of a nonhomographic target word. If perceived sense is not altered, a chang e in context is inconsequential. This points to the important role pla yed by perceived sense in repetition priming. An explanation within a sense-specific activation framework is proposed in preference to a mod ified processing view.