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Spreading activation

Known as: Marker passing 
Spreading activation is a method for searching associative networks, neural networks, or semantic networks. The search process is initiated by… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
BackgroundGenetically engineered, herbicide-resistant and insect-resistant crops have been remarkable commercial successes in the… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
The proliferation of web-based social networks has lead to new innovations in social networking, particularly by allowing users… 
Highly Cited
2003
Review
1997
Review
1997
This paper surveys the use of Spreading Activation techniques onSemantic Networks in Associative Information Retrieval. The… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Abstract Investigations of the function of consciousness in human information processing have focused mainly on two questions: (1… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Lexical decision and pronunciation experiments were conducted to investigate whether activation automatically spreads beyond… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Prior to each visually presented target letter string in a speeded word-nonword classification task, either BIRD, BODY, BUILDING… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The transform fault concept is extended to a spherical surface. The earth's surface is considered to be made of a number of rigid… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Magnetic anomalies and fracture zones make distinctive patterns when the direction of sea floor spreading changes as has occurred…