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Qualitative differences between conscious and nonconscious processing? On inverse priming induced by masked arrows

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  • R Verleger
  • P Jaskowski
  • A Aydemir
  • RHJ van der Lubbe
  • M Groen
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2004
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Issue number4
Volume133
Number of pages22
Pages (from-to)494-515
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

In general, both consciously and unconsciously perceived stimuli facilitate responses to following similar stimuli. However, masked arrows delay responses to following arrows. This inverse priming has been ascribed to inhibition of premature motor activation, more recently even to special processing of nonconsciously perceived material. Here, inverse priming depended on particular masks, was insensitive to contextual requirements for increased inhibition, and was constant across response speeds. Putative signs of motor inhibition in the electroencephalogram may as well reflect activation of the opposite response. Consequently, rather than profiting from inhibition of primed responses, the alternative response is directly primed by perceptual interactions of primes and masks. Thus there is no need to assume separate pathways for nonconscious and conscious processing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)