Request data set

Spieler & Balota, Word Naming Corpus. 2870 Single Syllable words and associated naming latencies.

Balota, Cortese, & Pilotti, Lexical Decision Corpora.  2905 words and associated lexical decision latencies.

In Press

Balota, D. A., Yap, M. J., Cortese, M. J., & Watson, J. M. (In press).  Beyond mean response latency: Response time distributional analyses of semantic priming.  Journal of Memory & Language.  Download PDF

Balota, D.A., Duchek, J.M., Logan, J.M. Is expanded retrieval practice a superior form of spaced retrieval? A critical review of the extent literature. To appear in Nairne, J.S. (Ed.), The foundations of remembering: Essays in honor of Henry L. Roediger III. New York: Psychology Press. Dowload PDF

Yap, M. J., Balota, D. A., Tse, C-S., & Besner, D. (In press).  On the additive effects of stimulus quality and word frequency in lexical decision: Evidence for opposing interactive influences revealed by RT distributional analyses.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition.  Download PDF

2007

Balota, D. A., Yap, M. J., Cortese, M. J., Hutchison, K. I., Kessler, B., Loftis, B., Neely, J. H., Nelson, D. L., Simpson, G. B., & Treiman, R. (2007). The English Lexicon Project. Behavior Research Methods.Download PDF

Balota, D. A., & Yap, M. J.  (2006). Attentional control and flexible lexical processing: Explorations of the magic moment of word recognition.  In S. Andrews (Ed.), From inkmarks to ideas: Current issues in lexical processing, Psychology Press. Dowload PDF

Balota, D. A., Yap, M. J., & Cortese, M. J.  (2006). Visual word recognition: The journey from features to meaning (A travel update).  In M. Traxler & M. A. Gernsbacher (Eds.) Handbook of psycholinguistics (2nd edition).  Dowload PDF

 Watson, J.M., Balota, D.A., Roediger, H.L. (2003).  Creating False Memories with Hybrid Lists of Semantic and Phonological Associates:  Remembering Words not Presented in Lists, Journal of Memory and Language, 49, 95-118.   Download PDF

2002

 Balota, D.A., Burgess, G.C., Cortese, M.J., & Adams, D.R. (2002).  Word-frequency mirror effect in young, old, & early stage Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidence for two processes in episodic recognition performance, Journal of Memory & Language, 46, 199-226. Download PDF

2001

 Balota, D.A, & Faust, M. (2001).  Attention in Dementia of the Alzheimers Type.  In F. Boller & S. Cappa (Eds.), Handbook of Neuropsychology, 2^nd Edition, Vol. # 6, Elsevier Science, 51-80.

  Balota, D.A., Pilotti, M., & Cortese, M.J. (2001).  Subjective frequency estimates for 2,938 monosyllabic words. Memory & Cognition,29, 639-647. Download PDF

 Balota, D.A., Cortese, M.J., & Wenke, D. (2001).  Ambiguity resolution as a function of reading skill, age, dementia, and Schizophrenia:  The role of attentional control.  In D. Gorfein (Ed.), On the Consequences of Meaning Selection.  Psychology Press, 87-102. Dowload PDF

 Faust, M.E., Balota, D.A., & Spieler, D.H. (2001).  Building Episodic Connections:  Changes in Episodic Priming with Age and Dementia. Neuropsychology, 15(4), 626-637. Download PDF

 Morris, J.C., & Balota, D.A. (2001).  Editorial:  Semantic dementia versus Alzheimer’s Disease:  A matter of semantics?  Neurology, 57, 173-174.Download PDF

 Roediger, H. L., Balota, D. A., & Watson, J. M. (2001). Spreading activation and the arousal of false memories.  In H.L. Roediger, J.S. Nairne, I. Neath & A.M. Surprenant (Eds.), The Nature of Remembering:  Essays in Honor of Robert G. Crowder. (pp.95-115). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press. Download PDF

 Roskies, A.L., Fiez, J.A., Balota, D.A., Raichle, M.E., & Petersen, S.E. (2001).  Task-dependent modulation of regions in left inferior frontal cortex during semantic processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 139(6), 829-843.Download PDF

 Watson, J.M., Balota, D.A., & Sergent-Marshall, S.D. (2001).  Semantic, phonological, & hybrid veridical & false memories in healthy older adults & in Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type, Neuropsychology, 15, 254-267. Download PDF

2000

Balota, D.A. (2000).  Cognition.  In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol. # 2, (pp.131-132), Oxford University Press.

Balota, D.A., Dolan, P.O., & Duchek, J.M.  (2000).  Memory changes in healthy young and older adults.  In E. Tulving & F.I.M. Craik (Eds.), Handbook of Memory, (pp. 395-410).  Oxford University Press.         Dowload PDF

Balota, D.A. & Cortese, M.J. (2000).  Theories in cognitive psychology.  In A. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology,  Vol. # 2 (pp.153-158).  Oxford University Press.

 Balota, D.A., Law, M.B., & Zevin, J.D.  (2000).  The attentional control of lexical processing pathways:  Reversing the word-frequency effect, Memory & Cognition, 28, 1081-1089.Download PDF

Balota, D.A., & Watson, J.W. (2000).  Methods in cognitive psychology, in A. Kazdin (Ed.),  Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol. # 2 (pp.158-162).  Oxford University Press.

Pilotti, M., Balota, D.A., Sommers, M., & Khurshid, A.  (2000).  Auditory habituation in young and older adults:  The verbal transformation effect.  Psychology & Aging, 15, 313-322. Download PDF

 Roediger, H.L., Balota, D.A., & Watson, J.M. (2000).  Spreading activation and the arousal of false memories.  In Roedinger, H.L., Nairne, J.S., Neath, I., & Surprenant, A.M. (Eds.), The Nature of Remembering:  Essays in Honor of Robert G. Crowder.  Washington D.C.:  American Psychological Association Press. 

 Spieler, D.H., & Balota, D.A.  (2000).  Factors influencing word naming in younger and older adults.  Psychology and Aging, 15, 225-231. Download PDF

Spieler, D.H., Balota, D.A., & Faust, M.E. (2000).  Levels of selective attention revealed through analyses of reaction time distributions. Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Human Perception and Performance, 26, 506-526. Download PDF

Zevin, J.D. & Balota, D.A. (2000). Priming and attentional control of lexical and sublexical pathways during naming.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 26, 121-135. Download PDF
 

1999

Balota, D.A., Cortese, M.J., Duchek, J.M., Adams, D., Roediger, H.L., McDermott, K.B., and Yerys, B.E. (1999).  Veridical and false memory in healthy older adults and in Dementia of the Alzheimers Type. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 16, 361-384. Download PDF

Balota, D.A., Watson, J.M., Duchek, J.M., & Ferraro, F.R. (1999).   Cross-modal semantic and homograph priming in healthy young, healthy old, and in Alzheimer's disease individuals.   Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 5, 626-640. Download PDF

Balota, D. A., Paul, S., & Spieler, D. H.  (1999). Attentional control of lexical processing pathways during word recognition and reading.  In S. Garrod & M. Pickering (Eds.), Language Processing (pp. 15-57).  East Sussex, UK:  Psychology Press Ltd.

Balota, D. A., & Spieler, D. H. (1999). Word frequency, repetition, and lexicality effects in word recognition tasks: Beyond measures of central tendency. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 128, 32-55. Download PDF

Faust, M.E., Balota, D.A., Spieler, D.H., & Ferraro, F.R.  (1999).  Individual differences in information processing rate and amount:  Implications for group differences in response latency.  Psychological Bulletin, 125, 777-799. Download PDF

Ferraro, F.R., & Balota, D.A. (1999).   Memory scanning performance in healthy young adults, healthy older adults, and individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer type.   Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 6, 260-272. Download PDF

Fiez, J. A., Balota, D. A., Raichle, M. E., & Petersen, S. E. (1999).  Effects of lexicality, frequency, & spelling-to-sound consistency on the functional anatomy of reading, Neuron, 24, 205-218. Download PDF

1998

Balota, D. A. & Spieler, D. H. (1998) The utility of item-level analyses in model evaluation: A reply to Seidenberg and Plaut. Psychological Science, 9, 238-241. Download PDF

Duchek, J.M., Balota, D.A., & Thessing, V.C.  (1998).  Inhibition of visual and conceptual information during reading in healthy aging and Alzheimer’s Disease.  Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 5, 169-181.

Kanne, S. M., Balota, D. A., Spieler, D. H., & Faust, M. E. (1998) Explorations of the Cohen, Dunbar, and McClelland (1990, Psychological Review) Connectionist model of StroopTask. Psychological Review, 105, 174-187. Download PDF

Kanne, S.M., Balota, D. A., McKeel, D., Storandt, M., & Morris, J. (1998). Relating anatomy to function in Alzheimer's disease: Neuropsychological profiles predict regional neuropathology five years later. American Academy of Neurology, 50, 979-985.
 
 

1997

Balota, D. A., & Black, S. (1997). Semantic satiation in healthy young and older adults. Memory and Cognition, 25, 190-202. Dowload PDF

Faust, M. E., Balota, D. A., Duchek, J. M., Gernsbacher, M. A., & Smith, S. (1997). Inhibitory control during sentence comprehension in individuals with Dementia of the Alzheimer Type. Brain and Language, 57, 225-253.

Faust, M. E., & Balota, D. A. (1997). Inhibition of return and visual-spatial attention in healthy older adults and individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Neuropsychology, 11, 13-29. Download PDF

Multhaup, K. S., & Balota, D. A. (1997). Generation effects and source memory in healthy older adults and in individuals with Dementia of the Alzheimer Type. Neuropsychology, 11, 382-391. Download PDF

Spieler D. H., & Balota, D. A. (1997). Bringing computational models of word naming down to the item level. Psychological Science, 8, 411-416.

To View Method and Data Click Here

1996

Balota, D. A., & Ferraro, F. R. (1996). Lexical, sublexical, and implicit memory processes in healthy young, healthy older adults, and in individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Neuropsychology, 10, 82-95. Download PDF

Balota, D. A., & Paul, S. T. (1996). Summation of activation: Evidence from multiple primes that converge and diverge within semantic memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22, 827-845. Download PDF

Fiez, J. A., Raichle, M. E., Balota, D. A., Tallal, P., & Petersen, S. E. (1996). PET activation of posterior temporal regions during auditory word presentation and verb generation. Cerebral Cortex, 6, 1-10.

Fiez, J. A., Raife, E. A., Balota, D. A., Schwartz, J. P., Raichle, M. E., & Petersen, S. E. (1996). A positron emission tomography study of the short-term maintenance of verbal information. Journal of Neuroscience, 16, 808-822.

Multhaup, K. S., & Balota, D. A., & Cowan, N. (1996). Implications of aging, lexicality, and item length for the mechanisms underlying memory span. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 3, 112-120.

Spieler, D. H., & Balota, D. A. (1996). Characteristics of associative learning in younger and older adults: Evidence from an episodic priming paradigm. Psychology & Aging, 11, 607-620. Download PDF

Spieler, D. H., Balota, D. A., & Faust, M. E. (1996). Stroop performance in healthy younger and older adults and in individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 22, 461-479. Download PDF
 
 

1995

Balota, D. A., & Abrams, R. A. (1995). Mental chronometry: Beyond onset latencis in the lexical decision task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21, 1289-1302. Download PDF

Duchek, J. M., Balota, D. A., Faust, M. E., & Ferraro, F. R. (1995). Inhibitory processes in young and old adults in a picture-word task. Aging and Cognition, 2, 1-11.

Sullivan, M. P., Faust, M. E., & Balota, D. A. (1995). Identity negative priming in older adults and individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Neuropsychology, 9, 537-555. Download PDF
 
 

1994

Balota, D. A. (1994). Visual word recognition: The journey from features to meaning.  M. Gernsbacher (Ed.), Handbook of Psycholinguistics, Academic Press, 303-358.

Duchek, J. M., Balota, D. A., & Ferraro, F. R. (1994) Component analysis of a rhythmic finger tapping task in individuals with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type and in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychology, 8, 218-226.

Verdolini-Marston, K., & Balota, D. A. (1994). Role of elaborative and perceptual integrative processes in perceptual-motor performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 739-749.
 
 

1993

Balota, D. A., & Ferraro, F. R. (1993). A dissociation of frequency and regularity effects in pronunciation performance across young adults, older adults, and individuals with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Journal of Memory and Language, 32, 573-592. Download PDF

Duchek, J. M. & Balota, D. A. (1993). Sparing activation processes in older adults.  In J. Cerella, J. Rybash, W. Hoyer, & M.L. Commons (Eds), Adult Information Processing:  Limits on Loss, Academic Press, Inc., 384-403.

Ferraro, F. R., Balota, D. A., & Connor, L. T. (1993). Implicit memory and the formation of new associations in nondemented Parkinson's disease individuals and individuals with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type: A serial reaction time (SRT) investigation. Brain and Cognition, 21, 163-180. Download PDF
   

1992

Balota, D. A., Black, S. R., & Cheney, M. (1992). Automatic and attentional priming in young and older adults: A reevaluation of the two process model of semantic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 18, 485-502. Download PDF

Balota, D.A., & Duchek, J.M.  (1992).  Age-related changes in spreading activation:  Implications for connectionist models of cognitive aging.  In J. E. Morley, R. M. Coe, R. Strong, and G.T. Grossberg (Eds).  Memory Functions in Aging and Aging-Related Disorders, Springer Publishing Company, 75 - 96.

Connor, L. T., Balota, D. A., & Neely, J. H. (1992). On the relation between feeling of knowing and lexical decision: Persistant subthreshold activation or topic familiarity? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 18, 544-554. Download PDF

LaBarge, E. Balota, D. A., Storandt, M., & Smith, D. S. (1992). An analysis of confrontation naming errors in senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Neuropsychology, 6, 77-95. Download PDF

Shields, L. W., & Balota, D.A.  (1992).  Repetition and associative context effects in speech production.  Language and Speech, 34, 47-55.
 
 

1991

Abrams, R.A., & Balota, D.A.  (1991).  Mental chronometry:  Beyond reaction time.  Psychological Science, 2, 153-157. Download PDF

Balota, D.A., & Duchek, J.M.  (1991).  Semantic priming effects, lexical repetition effects, and contextual disambiguation effects in healthy aged individuals and individuals with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, Brain and Language, 40, 181-201.

Balota, D.A., Ferraro, R.F., & Connor, L.T.  (1991).  On the early influence of meaning in word recognition:  A review of the literature.  I  P. Schwanenflugel (Ed.), The Psychology of Word Meaning, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ.

Balota, D.A., & Rayner, K.  (1991).  Word recognition processes in foveal and parafoveal vision.  In D. Besner & G. Humphreys (Eds.), Basic Processes in Reading:  Visual Word Recognition, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ (pp 198-232).
   

1990

Balota, D.A.  (1990).  The role of meaning in word processing.  In D.A. Balota, G. Flores D'Arcais, & K. Rayner (Eds.), Comprehension Processes in Reading, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ.

Balota, D.A., & Chumbley, J.I.  (1990).  Where are the effects of frequency in visual word recognition tasks?  Right where we said they were!  Comment on S. Monsell, M.C. Doyle, and P.N. Haggard (1989). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 119, 231-237.

Balota, D.A., Cowan, N., Engle, R.W.  (1990).  Suffix interference in the recall of linguistically coherent speech.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 16, 446-456. Download PDF

1989

Balota, D.A., Boland, J., & Shields, L.  (1989).  Priming in pronunciation:  Beyond pattern recognition and onset latency.  Journal of Memory and Language, 28, 14-36.

Balota, D.A., & Duchek, J.M.  (1989).  Spreading activation in episodic memory:  Further evidence for age-independence.  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 41A, 849-876.

Balota, D.A., Duchek, J.M., & Paullin, R.  (1989).  Age-related differences in the impact of spacing, lag and retention interval.  Psychology and Aging, 4, 3-9. Download PDF

Rayner, K., & Balota, D.A.  (1989).  Parafoveal preview effects and lexical access during eye fixations in reading.  In W. Marslen-Wilson (Ed.), Lexical representation and process, MIT press.
   

1988

Balota, D.A., & Duchek, J.M.  (1988).  Age related differences in lexical access, spreading activation, and simple pronunciation.  Psychology and Aging, 3, 84-93. Download PDF
   

1986

Balota, D.A., & Duchek, J.M.  (1986).  Voice-specific information and the 20-second delayed-suffix effect.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Learning, Memory & Cognition, 12, 509-516. Download PDF

Balota, D.A., & Lorch, R.F., Jr.  (1986).  Depth of automatic spreading activation:  Mediated priming effects in pronunciation but not in lexical decision.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Learning, Memory and Cognition, 12, 336-345. Download PDF

Lorch, R.F., Jr., Balota, D.A., & Stamm, E.G.  (1986).  Locus of inhibition effects in the priming of lexical decisions:  Pre- or post-lexical access?  Memory & Cognition, 14, 95-103.
   

1985

Balota, D.A., & Chumbley, J.I.  (1985).  The locus of word-frequency effects in the pronunciation task:  Access and/or production? Journal of Memory and Language, 24, 89-106. Download PDF

Balota, D.A., Pollatsek, S., & Rayner, K.  (1985).  The interaction of contextual constraints and parafoveal visual information in reading. Cognitive Psychology, 17, 364-390.
 
 

1984

Balota, D.A., & Chumbley, J.I.  (1984).  Are lexical decisions a good measure of lexical access?  The role of the neglected decision stage.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Human Perception and Performance, 3, 340-357.

Chumbley, J.I., & Balota, D.A.  (1984).  A word's meaning affects the decision in lexical decision.  Memory & Cognition, 12, 590-606.
 
 

1983

Balota, D.A.  (1983).  Automatic semantic activation and episodic memory encoding.  Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 22, 88-104.

Balota, D.A., & Rayner, K.  (1983).  Parafoveal visual information and semantic contextual constraints.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Human Perception and Performance, 9, 726-738.
 
 

1981

Balota, D.A., & Engle, R.W.  (1981).  Structural and strategic factors in the stimulus suffix effect.  Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 20, 346-357.

Neely, J.H., & Balota, D.A.  (1981).  Test-expectancy and semantic organization effects in recall and recognition.  Memory & Cognition, 9, 283-300.
 
 

1980

Balota, D.A., & Neely, J.H.  (1980).  Test-expectancy and word-frequency effects in recall and recognition.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 6, 576-587.

Please enter your name and street mailing address, not your email address: