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Schlaghecken, Friederike and Eimer, Martin (2001) Partial response activation to masked primes is not dependent on response readiness. Perceptual and Motor Skills, Volume 92 (Number 1). pp. 208-222. doi:10.2466/pms.2001.92.1.208 ISSN 0031-5125.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.2001.92.1.208
Abstract
Masked primes presented foveally prior to a target trigger an initial partial activation of their corresponding response, followed by an inhibition of the same response. The latter phase results in performance costs on compatible trials and performance benefits on incompatible trials relative to neutral trials (negative compatibility effect). The present study investigated whether this activation-follow-by-inhibition process depends on the overall or specific state of response readiness. In two masked priming experiments, response readiness was manipulated by varying the relative frequency of Go-trials in a Go/NoGo task (Exp. 1) and the relative frequency of left- and right-hand responses in a 2-alternative choice reaction time task (Exp. 2). In both experiments, mean reaction times were longer for infrequent responses than for frequent responses. However, negative compatibility effects were not affected by response frequency. This result indicates that neither the general ability of masked primes to elicit a partial motor activation nor the specific time course of this process is dependent on response readiness. It is concluded that response readiness affects the execution of an overt response rather than the initial activation of this response.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Perceptual and Motor Skills | ||||
Publisher: | Ammons Scientific Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0031-5125 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2001 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 92 | ||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 208-222 | ||||
DOI: | 10.2466/pms.2001.92.1.208 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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