{"pk":33232,"title":"Contextual Activation of Features of Combined Concepts","subtitle":null,"abstract":"We examine how context affects the accessibility of features of combined concepts. A 'contrast hypothesis' suggests that contrasting a to-be-verified feature in the context hinders its later verification. Results of Experiment 1 instead support a priming hypothesis whereby features are differentially activated by contexts. Experiment 2 demonstrates that this priming effect is positive rather than negative, even when feature verification follows a contextual combined concept that is inconsistent with the to-be-verified feature. We conclude that context can differentially activate features of combined concepts, and that it may do so by way of semantic priming.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Long Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9h0915b8","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Zachary","middle_name":"","last_name":"Estes","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Psychology; Green Hall","department":""},{"first_name":"Sam","middle_name":"","last_name":"Glucksberg","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Psychology; Green Hall","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1998-01-01T13:00:00-05:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/33232/galley/24292/download/"}]}