Priming effects in word-fragment completion are independent of recognition memory. Tulving, E., Schacter, D. L., & Stark, H. A. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 8(4):336–342, 1982.
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24 17-33 yr olds saw a list of 96 words. They were tested both 1 hr and 7 days later for recognition of words encountered in the study list and their ability to complete graphemic word fragments. Performance on the fragment-completion task was primed (facilitated) by the appearance of the target words in the earlier list. The observed priming effects were independent of recognition memory in 2 ways: (1) although recognition accuracy was greatly diminished over the 7-day retention interval, priming effects were unchanged; and (2) priming effects were as large for the words identified as #new# in the immediately preceding recognition test as they were for the words identified as #old.# Priming effects in word-fragment completion may be mediated by a cognitive system other than episodic and semantic memory. (23 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
@ARTICLE{Tulving1982,
  author = {Endel Tulving and Daniel L. Schacter and Heather A. Stark},
  title = {Priming effects in word-fragment completion are independent of recognition
	memory},
  journal = {J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn},
  year = {1982},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {336--342},
  number = {4},
  abstract = {24 17-33 yr olds saw a list of 96 words. They were tested both 1 hr
	and 7 days later for recognition of words encountered in the study
	list and their ability to complete graphemic word fragments. Performance
	on the fragment-completion task was primed (facilitated) by the appearance
	of the target words in the earlier list. The observed priming effects
	were independent of recognition memory in 2 ways: (1) although recognition
	accuracy was greatly diminished over the 7-day retention interval,
	priming effects were unchanged; and (2) priming effects were as large
	for the words identified as #new# in the immediately preceding recognition
	test as they were for the words identified as #old.# Priming effects
	in word-fragment completion may be mediated by a cognitive system
	other than episodic and semantic memory. (23 ref) (PsycINFO Database
	Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)},
  doi = {DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.8.4.336},
  keywords = {exposure to word list, independence of primary effects in word recognition
	vs word-fragment graphemic completion performance, 17-33 yr olds}
}

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