Event-related brain correlates of associative learning without awareness

International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
P S WongH Shevrin

Abstract

Controversy exists about whether associative learning occurs without awareness. In an earlier study using subthreshold (subliminal) stimuli, we reported evidence that such learning could occur as measured by event-related brain potentials [ERP; Cons. Cognit. 6 (1997) 519]. In the present study, we extend these findings by changing several aspects of the methodology in order to provide a more stringent test of this effect and to examine its generality. We used two matched words (murder and cancer) as conditional stimuli (CS); a 100 dB white noise blast as unconditional stimulus (US); a CS-US interval of 3 s; and a full-factorial design with CSs counterbalanced. The conditioning-acquisition phase occurred when the CSs were perceptually unconscious, as confirmed by a subsequent behavioral task. The conditioning-acquisition and postconditioning-extinction phases were examined for ERP evidence of associative learning. The clearest and strongest evidence for associative learning without awareness was observed in the ERP component measures (up to 1 s, poststimulus) in the postconditioning-extinction phase. The CS+ was significantly more positive than the CS- in the P3b-LP component region, which is highly consistent with the results o...Continue Reading

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