Bias in masked word identification: unconscious influences of repetition priming.

Full Abstract

The beneficial influence of a prior study episode on subsequent identification of a word includes a large bias component, revealed in the forced-choice variant of the masked word identification test. In that type of test, subjects show a preference for a studied probe over a nonstudied probe, regardless of which one matches the masked target word. The forced-choice test was used in the present experiments to test the possibility that this bias effect is due to conscious recollection. Results show that bias was strongly attenuated (1) by changes in modality between study and test, and (2) under certain conditions, by using a conceptually driven study task. The bias effect was found only when probes were orthographically similar to one another, as predicted by the counter model (Ratcliff & McKoon, 1997). These results provide strong evidence that the bias effect is not mediated by conscious recollection.

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Author information

Author/s: Masson, Michael E J (ME);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. mmasson@uvic.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Psychonomic bulletin & review (Psychon Bull Rev), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 9 (issue 4) : pp 773-9

Dates: Created 2003/03/04; Completed 2003/07/03; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12613682, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Adult
Attention
Female
Humans
Male
Memory, Short-Term

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