lexical decision task

A lexical decision task is a psychological experiment where a person is shown a series of strings of letters and must quickly decide whether each one is a real word or not. The goal is to understand how our brain processes language, specifically how we recognize words and differentiate them from non-words. Researchers measure the time it takes for someone to make these decisions, which provides insights into the mental processes involved in reading and language comprehension. This task helps scientists learn more about how language is organized and accessed in the brain.