Semantic radicals' semantic attachment to their composed phonograms.

BMC Psychol · 2025 · PMC12105197 · PMID 40420178

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marginally significantp = 0.078so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The difference between the RTs to foot meaning-loaded only target characters preceded by foot picture primes (668 ms) and to those preceded by control picture primes (709 ms) were marginally significant ( F (1, 34) = 3.296, p = 0.078).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Discussion Results from Experiment 3 showed that while the foot semantic radicals embedded in the prime pseudo-characters may have undergone semantic activation, such activation did not reach statistical significance, irrespective of their characterhood and position in the primes.

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