Swinney and Seidenberg et al. did experiments in which they presented participants with sentences like "The man was not surprised to find several spiders, roaches, and other bugs in the corner of the room." They found that immediately after hearing the word "bug", the participants accessed

a. neither the "insect" nor the "hidden listening device" meanings of the word.
b. only the "hidden listening device" meaning of the word.
c. both the "insect" and the "hidden listening device" meanings of the word.
d. only the "insect" meaning of the word.


Answer: c. both the "insect" and the "hidden listening device" meanings of the word.

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