Lexical access without attention? Explorations using dichotic priming.

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The authors used lexical decision in a dichotic listening situation and measured identity priming across channels to explore whether unattended stimuli can be processed lexically. In 6 experiments, temporal synchronization of prime and target words was manipulated, and acoustic saliency of the unattended prime was varied by embedding it in a carrier sentence or in babble speech. When the prime was acoustically salient, a cross-channel priming effect emerged, and participants were aware of the prime. When the prime was less salient, no identity priming was found, and participants failed to notice the prime. Saliency was manipulated in ways that did not degrade the prime. Results are inconsistent with models of late filtering, which predict equal priming irrespective of prime saliency.

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Author/s: Dupoux, Emmanuel (E); Kouider, Sid (S); Mehler, Jacques (J);

Affiliation: Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France. dupoux(-atsign-)lscp.ehess.fr

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

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance (J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Feb; vol 29 (issue 1) : pp 172-84

Dates: Created 2003/04/02; Completed 2003/06/11; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12669756, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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