Schlaghecken, Friederike, Blagrove, Elisabeth and Maylor, Elizabeth A.. (2008) No difference between conscious and nonconscious visuomotor control : evidence from perceptual learning in the masked prime task. Consciousness and Cognition, Vol.17 (No.1). pp. 84-93. ISSN 10538100

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Abstract

Negative compatibility effects (NCEs) in the masked-prime paradigm are usually obtained when primes are masked effectively. With ineffective masks-and primes above the perceptual threshold-positive compatibility effects (PCEs) occur. We investigated whether this pattern reflects a causal relationship between conscious awareness and low-level motor control, or whether it reflects the fact that both are affected in the same way by changes in physical stimulus attributes. In a 5-session perceptual learning task, participants learned to consciously identify masked primes. However, they showed unaltered NCEs that were not different from those produced by participants in a control group without equivalent perceptual learning. A control experiment demonstrated that no NCEs occur when prime identification is made possible by ineffective masking. The results suggest that perceptual awareness and low-level motor control are affected by the same factors, but are fundamentally independent of each other.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Motor ability, Motor ability -- Testing, Visual perception, Perceptual-motor processes , Masked priming, Perceptual learning, Reaction time
Journal or Publication Title:	Consciousness and Cognition
Publisher:	Academic Press
ISSN:	10538100
Date:	2008
Volume:	Vol.17
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 84-93
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.concog.2006.11.004
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	RES 000-22-0988 (ESRC)
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/35881

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