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Brocher, Andreas and Koenig, Jean-Pierre (2016). Word Meaning Frequencies Affect Negative Compatibility Effects In Masked Priming. Adv. Cogn. Psychol., 12 (1). S. 50 - 67. WARSAW: UNIV ECONOMICS & HUMAN SCIENCES WARSAW. ISSN 1895-1171

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Abstract

Negative compatibility effects (NCEs)-that is, slower responses to targets in related than unrelated prime-target pairs, have been observed in studies using stimulus-response (S-R) priming with stimuli like arrows and plus signs. Although there is no consensus on the underlying mechanism, explanations tend to locate NCEs within the motor-response system. A characteristic property of perceptuo-motor NCEs is a biphasic pattern of activation: A brief period in which very briefly presented (typically) masked primes facilitate processing of related targets is followed by a phase of target processing impairment. In this paper, we present data that suggest that NCEs are not restricted to S-R priming with low-level visual stimuli: The brief (50 ms), backward masked (250 ms) presentation of ambiguous words (bank) leads to slower responses than baseline to words related to the more frequent (rob) but not less frequent meaning (swim). Importantly, we found that slowed responses are preceded by a short phase of response facilitation, replicating the biphasic pattern reported for arrows and plus signs. The biphasic pattern of priming and the fact that the NCEs were found only for target words that are related to their prime word's more frequent meaning has strong implications for any theory of NCEs that locate these effects exclusively within the motor-response system.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Brocher, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Koenig, Jean-Pierre UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-280943
DOI:	10.5709/acp-0186-x
Journal or Publication Title:	Adv. Cogn. Psychol.
Volume:	12
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 50 - 67
Date:	2016
Publisher:	UNIV ECONOMICS & HUMAN SCIENCES WARSAW
Place of Publication:	WARSAW
ISSN:	1895-1171
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LEXICAL DECISION; MOTOR ACTIVATION; CAUTIONARY TALE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; INHIBITION; AMBIGUITY; PRIMES; RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS; SIMILARITY Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28094