Top-down contingencies of nonconscious priming revealed by dual-task interference

Autor(en)
Ulrich Ansorge
Abstrakt

According to the direct parameter specification (DPS) account, reaction time effects of invisible primes depend on top-down control settings directed to targets (Neumann & Klotz, 1994). If this hypothesis holds, effects of invisible primes should decrease in dual-task as compared with single-task conditions: Prior to the primes control settings for the alternative task should be activated, which renders a match between target-directed control settings and primes less likely. In Experiments 1-2 and 4-5, a second task interfered with the validity effect of invisible primes. Control conditions ruled out several alternative explanations. Interference was not due to higher spatial memory loads (Experiments 1 vs. 2), increased numbers of stimuli or responses (Experiments 3-5), or increased response latencies (Experiment 3). If predictable, alternative tasks did not interfere (Experiment 3). The results are in line with the DPS account and less so with some classical definitions of automatic processing (e.g., Posner & Snyder, 1975).

Organisation(en)
Institut für Psychologie der Kognition, Emotion und Methoden
Externe Organisation(en)
Universität Bielefeld
Journal
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology
Band
57
Seiten
1123-1148
Anzahl der Seiten
26
ISSN
0272-4987
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02724980343000792
Publikationsdatum
08-2004
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501001 Allgemeine Psychologie
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychology(all)
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/topdown-contingencies-of-nonconscious-priming-revealed-by-dualtask-interference(93846a04-59fc-450f-b85b-14ca177059a6).html