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Stimulus- feature specific negative priming

Stimulus- feature specific negative priming
Stimulus- feature specific negative priming
We report the results of two experiments that showed that the time needed to respond to a feature of a stimulus increases when that particular feature of that particular stimulus previously had to be ignored. The data of Experiment 2 argue against the hypothesis that the observed stimulus-feature specific negative priming was due to a response conflict instigated by automatic episodic retrieval of prime responses. Experiment 2 also showed that the effects were not caused by difficulties in switching between prime and probe tasks and provided additional evidence for the fact that priming effects were stimulus-feature specific. The present results suggest that the selective inhibition or episodic encoding mechanisms that are assumed to underlie negative priming can operate in a more specific and powerful manner than has been previously assumed.
0090-502X
931-939
De Houwer, J.
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Rothermund, K.
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Wentura, D.
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De Houwer, J.
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Rothermund, K.
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Wentura, D.
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De Houwer, J., Rothermund, K. and Wentura, D. (2001) Stimulus- feature specific negative priming. Memory & Cognition, 29 (7), 931-939.

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Abstract

We report the results of two experiments that showed that the time needed to respond to a feature of a stimulus increases when that particular feature of that particular stimulus previously had to be ignored. The data of Experiment 2 argue against the hypothesis that the observed stimulus-feature specific negative priming was due to a response conflict instigated by automatic episodic retrieval of prime responses. Experiment 2 also showed that the effects were not caused by difficulties in switching between prime and probe tasks and provided additional evidence for the fact that priming effects were stimulus-feature specific. The present results suggest that the selective inhibition or episodic encoding mechanisms that are assumed to underlie negative priming can operate in a more specific and powerful manner than has been previously assumed.

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Published date: October 2001

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Local EPrints ID: 55512
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55512
ISSN: 0090-502X
PURE UUID: 770ae323-c9cf-42c2-9824-8e8417e67b7e

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Date deposited: 01 Aug 2008
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 16:02

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Author: J. De Houwer
Author: K. Rothermund
Author: D. Wentura

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