Review of the Measurement of Semantic Satiation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1971

Publication Title

Psychological Bulletin

Volume

75

Issue

5

First page number:

330

Last page number:

346

Abstract

Reviews studies which have used various measures of meaningfulness to measure semantic satiation, and in other ways have attempted to test the effects of semantic satiation. It is concluded that the effects of the phenomenon labeled as semantic satiation have not been reliably measured and are in doubt. An attempt is made to link semantic satiation to what has been called the verbal transformation effect. An alternative approach to the study of semantic satiation is suggested.

Keywords

Cognition; Auditory perception; Repetition; Semantic satiation; Verbal transformation effect

Disciplines

Cognition and Perception

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Esposito, N.J., and Pelton, L.H. (1971). Review of the measurement of semantic satiation. Psychological Bulletin, 75, 330-346.

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