Lexical Decision Tasks Require Participants to

question 58

Multiple Choice

Lexical decision tasks require participants to

• A) remember previously shown items.
• B) quickly respond "old" or "new" to pictures of items.
• C) provide the meaning of target words.
• D) make "word" or "nonword" decisions when presented with letter strings.

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