114 Ss were administered a word-association task with stimuli presented to half the Ss in an aural mode, and to half in a visual mode. Responses were evaluated in terms of meaningfulness, quality, and structure. Qualitative and structural differences were negligible, whereas meaningfulness was affected by modality and stimulus characteristics. Interpretation of main effects was tempered by the presence of a significant interaction between modality and stimulus.
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