Accessory stimuli modulate effects of nonconscious priming

Rico Fischer, Torsten Schubert, Roman Liepelt

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Abstract

In a recent study, it was shown that subliminal priming (SP) effects are affected by the temporal predictability of a stimulus onset. If predictability is not given, SP effects are eliminated (Naccache, Blandin, & Dehaene, 2002). In two experiments, we investigated how different levels of preparation for target processing affect SP effects. For this purpose, an accessory tone stimulus was presented at different times prior to a subliminal priming task. The results demonstrate a clear modulation of the SP effects at different foreperiod intervals. Relative to conditions without an accessory stimulus, SP effects were smaller for short foreperiod intervals of the accessory stimulus, and larger for long foreperiod intervals. The results suggest that the presentation of an accessory stimulus facilitates response activation processes because of the participants' enhanced level of preparation for stimulus processing.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftAttention perception & psychophysics
Jahrgang69
Ausgabenummer1
Seiten (von - bis)9-22
Seitenumfang14
ISSN0031-5117
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 01.2007

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