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| Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2002): |
The crucial roles of stimulus matching and stimulus identity in negative priming.
Full Abstract
Negative priming refers to the situation in which an ignored item on an initial prime trial suffers slowed responding when it becomes the target item on a subsequent probe trial. In this experiment (and a replication), we demonstrate two ways in which stimulus consistency (matching) governs negative priming. First, negative priming for identical words occurred only when the prime distractor changed color when it became the probe target (i.e., constant cue to read the red word); negative priming disappeared when the prime distractor retained its color as the probe target (i.e., cue switches from read the red prime word to read the white probe word). Second, negative priming occurred for identical words, but not for semantically related words, whether related categorically or associatively. This pattern of results is consistent with a memory retrieval account, but not with an inhibition account of negative priming, and casts doubt on whether there is semantic negative priming for words.
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Author information
Author/s: MacLeod, Colin M (CM); Chiappe, Dan L (DL); Fox, Elaine F (EF);
Affiliation: Division of Life Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. macleod(-atsign-)utsc.utoronto.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-Sep; vol 9 (issue 3) : pp 521-8
Dates: Created 2002/11/04; Completed 2003/02/21; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12412892, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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