Context-specific control in the single-prime negative-priming procedure.
The current paper examines the applicability of the context-specific control principle to the probe selection dependence of negative-priming effects using the single-prime procedure. In a series of experiments, we highlight the applicability of the context-specific control principle, first by illustrating a key result that implicates the role of context-specific control and challenges the contextual similarity principle. Following this, we show the importance of distinct probe contexts in the single-prime negative-priming procedure and report a novel finding that illustrates a learning effect that can occur within an experimental session. Finally, we test the relation of our novel learning effect to a related learning proposal offered by Frings and Wentura (2006), and we demonstrate that the learning involved in context-specific control is not dependent on contingency learning. Overall, the patterns of results highlight the role of context-sensitive memory in controlling how current perception and action are integrated with prior experience.
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. dangelmc@mcmaster.ca
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D'Angelo
Bruce
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Milliken
D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time; D060865:Repetition Priming / Q000502:physiology*; D057190:Stroop Test; D055815:Young Adult