Partial response activation to masked primes is not dependent on response readiness

Perceptual and Motor Skills
Friederike Schlaghecken, M Eimer

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 activatio...Continue Reading

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Mar 1, 2006·Experimental Brain Research·Rolf VerlegerHartwig Siebner
Nov 7, 2003·Biological Psychology·Martin Eimer, Friederike Schlaghecken
Aug 31, 2007·Perception & Psychophysics·Anna Przekoracka-Krawczyk, Piotr Jaśkowski
Mar 28, 2002·Perception & Psychophysics·Friederike Schlaghecken, Martin Eimer
Sep 21, 2004·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review·Friederike Schlaghecken, Martin Eimer
Aug 22, 2006·Consciousness and Cognition·Piotr Jaśkowski, Maciej Slósarek
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