Implicit false memory effects: Evidence for explicit contamination on a perceptual identification task

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine M. Jennings ◽  
Neil T. Bloomfield
Author(s):  
Demian Scherer ◽  
Dirk Wentura

Abstract. Recent theories assume a mutual facilitation in case of semantic overlap for concepts being activated simultaneously. We provide evidence for this claim using a semantic priming paradigm. To test for mutual facilitation of related concepts, a perceptual identification task was employed, presenting prime-target pairs briefly and masked, with an SOA of 0 ms (i.e., prime and target were presented concurrently, one above the other). Participants were instructed to identify the target. In Experiment 1, a cue defining the target was presented at stimulus onset, whereas in Experiment 2 the cue was not presented before the offset of stimuli. Accordingly, in Experiment 2, a post-cue task was merged with the perceptual identification task. We obtained significant semantic priming effects in both experiments. This result is compatible with the view that two concepts can both be activated in parallel and can mutually facilitate each other if they are related.


1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen G. W. Raaijmakers ◽  
Rene Zeelenberg ◽  
Chris Schrijnemakers

Cognition ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 104168
Author(s):  
Audrey Mazancieux ◽  
Tifany Pandiani ◽  
Chris J.A. Moulin

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaylyn Kress ◽  
Josh Neudorf ◽  
Chelsea Ekstrand ◽  
Ron Borowsky

In the two-alternative forced-choice (2AFC) task, the target stimulus is presented very briefly, and the participants must choose between two options as to which was the presented target. Some past research (Grossi et al., 2009; Haro et al., 2019) has assumed that the 2AFC word identification task isolates orthographic effects, despite orthographic, semantic, and phonological differences between the alternative options. If so, performance should not differ between word target/nonword foil pairs and British/American word pairs, the latter of which only differ orthographically. In Experiment 1, accuracy and sensitivity were higher during word/nonword trials than British/American trials when participants stated their response was not a guess, demonstrating that phonological/semantic processing contributes to 2AFC performance. In Experiment 2, target visibility was manipulated by increasing the contrast between target and mask for half the trials. Experiment 2 showed that target visibility did not interact with pair type on reaction time, which suggests phonological/semantic processing did not result in feedback to orthographic encoding in this task. This study demonstrates the influence of phonological/semantic processing on word perceptual identification, and shows that 2AFC word identification does not isolate orthographic effects when word/nonword pairs are used, but using British/American word pairs provides a method for doing so. Implications for models and future research are discussed.


Author(s):  
Erik L. Olheiser ◽  
Lisa M. Bauer ◽  
Jeanette Altarriba ◽  
Nicole M. Landi

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