In:
Experimental Psychology, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 64, No. 6 ( 2017-11), p. 422-431
Abstract:
Abstract. This study investigated the role of representation strength of the prime in subliminal visuomotor priming in two experiments. Prime/target compatibility (compatible and incompatible) and preposed object type (jumbled lines, strong masking; and rectangular outlines, weak masking) were manipulated in Experiment 1. A significant negative compatibility effect (NCE) was observed in the rectangle condition, whereas no compatibility effect was found in the line condition. However, when a new variable, prime duration, was introduced in Experiment 2, the NCE was reversed with an increase in the prime duration in the rectangle condition, whereas the NCE was maintained in the line condition. This result is consistent with the claim that increasing the prime duration causes the prime representation to be too strong for inhibition in the rectangle condition but strong enough to reliably trigger inhibition in the line condition. The findings demonstrated that prime representation has a causal role in subliminal visuomotor priming.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1618-3169
,
2190-5142
DOI:
10.1027/1618-3169/a000381
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
2017
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1237835-5
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2073857-2
SSG:
2,1
SSG:
5,2
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