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Sources of priming in text rereading — intact implicit memory for new association in older adults and in patients with Alzheimer's disease
Author(s)	Laura A Monti, John D E Gabrieli, Robert S Wilson
Journal title	Psychology and Aging, vol 12, no 3, September 1997
Pages	pp 536-547
Keywords	Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Reading ; Cognitive processes ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study aimed to determine the sources of priming which contribute to facilitated text reading, and whether the pattern of priming from each of these sources in text re-reading is affected by ageing, Alzheimer's disease (AD), or both. Results of two experiments reveal the relative contribution of four putative sources of priming to text re-reading: the global properties of meaningful text; new associations between words; individual word repetition; and reading skill or task factors. Although the processing mechanism at work remains unknown, all priming mechanisms appear to be intact in older people and in patients with AD.
Accession Number	CPA-971120280 A
Classmark	EA: DB: HKM: DA: 7T
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