In a priming experiment using lexical decision,what is the best "neutral" condition?
A)truck-robin
B)XXXX-dog
C)France-Switzerland
D)doctor-nurse

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In a priming experiment using lexical decision,what is the best "neutral" condition?
A)truck-robin
B)XXXX-dog
C)France-Switzerland
D)doctor-nurse

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In a lexical decision task, the participant is asked to determine whether a letter string is a real word or not. To create a neutral condition, a non-word or a string of letters that does not form any meaningful word is used as a prime. Option B is a non-word and hence the best neutral condition for the experiment. The other options all have some sort of meaning or association, which could potentially bias the participant's response time.

In a Priming Experiment Using Lexical Decision,what Is the Best