Masked priming effects are modulated by expertise in the script

In a recent study using a masked priming same-different matching task, Garcı´a-Orza, Perea, and Muñoz (2010) found a transposition priming effect for letter strings, digit strings, and symbol strings, but not for strings of pseudoletters (i.e., EPRI-ERPI produced similar response times to the contro...

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Published in:Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) 2011-05, Vol.64 (5), p.902-919
Main Authors: Perea, Manuel, Abu Mallouh, Reem, Garcı´a-Orza, Javier, Carreiras, Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Decision Making - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Judgment - physiology
Language
Letter coding
Masked priming
Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology
Perceptual Masking - physiology
Photic Stimulation - methods
Production and perception of written language
Professional Competence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reaction Time - physiology
Students
Universities
Vocabulary
Word recognition
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Summary:In a recent study using a masked priming same-different matching task, Garcı´a-Orza, Perea, and Muñoz (2010) found a transposition priming effect for letter strings, digit strings, and symbol strings, but not for strings of pseudoletters (i.e., EPRI-ERPI produced similar response times to the control pair EDBI-ERPI). They argued that the mechanism responsible for position coding in masked priming is not operative with those "objects" whose identity cannot be attained rapidly. To assess this hypothesis, Experiment 1 examined masked priming effects in Arabic for native speakers of Arabic, whereas participants in Experiments 2 and 3 were lower intermediate learners of Arabic and readers with no knowledge of Arabic, respectively. Results showed a masked priming effect only for readers who are familiar with the Arabic script. Furthermore, transposed-letter priming in native speakers of Arabic only occurred when the order of the root letters was kept intact. In Experiments 3-7, we examined why masked repetition priming is absent for readers who are unfamiliar with the Arabic script. We discuss the implications of these findings for models of visual-word recognition.
ISSN:1747-0218
1747-0226
DOI:10.1080/17470218.2010.512088