?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Hierarchical+spreading+of+activation&rft.creator=Sharifian%2C+F.&rft.creator=Samani%2C+R.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=The+present+study+investigated%2C+within+the+framework+of+spreading+activation+model%2C+whether+or+not+nodes+are+activated+in+a+hierarchical+fashion+in+the+memory+network.+If%2C+for+example%2C+activation+of+plant+spreads+to+flower+and+then+to+rose%2C+subjects+should+take+longer+to+detect+the+relation+between+plant+and+rose+than+that+between+either+plant+and+flower+or+flower+and+rose.+The+results+of+an+experiment+conducted+to+test+the+above+hypothesis+showed+a+significant+difference+between+subjects'+RTs+for+the+three+kinds+of+word+pairs.+Appropriate+post-hoc+comparisons+of+the+mean+RTs+supported+the+hypothesis+of+this+study.+That+is%2C+the+time+taken+for+subjects+to+detect+the+relation+between+pairs+such+as+plant-rose+was+significantly+greater+than+the+time+taken+for+them+to+detect+the+relation+between+the+words+in+either+plant-flower+or+flower-rose+pair+types.%0A&rft.publisher=IAU+Press&rft.contributor=Sharifian%2C+F.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2061%2F1%2Fact1.html&rft.identifier=++Sharifian%2C+F.+and+Samani%2C+R.++(1997)+Hierarchical+spreading+of+activation.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2061%2F