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The Frequency Attenuation Effect in Identity and Associative Priming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Francisco Nievas
Francisco Nievas*
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Universidad de Almería (Spain)
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Francisco Nievas Cazorla. Departmento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación. Universidad de Almería. La Cañada de San Urbano. 04120 Almería. (Spain). Phone: +34-950015375. Fax: +34-950015083. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Three lexical decision experiments were carried out, where the masked priming paradigm is used to study the role of the frequency attenuation effect (more priming in low-frequency target words than in high-frequency target words) in repetition and associative priming, manipulating Prime Duration (PD) and Stimulus Onset Asynchrony (SOA). A new concept was introduced, Minimum Time Threshold (MTT), this is, the minimum time interval of exposure to the masked word in order to become aware of it. Results support the notion that MTT is a key to the appearance of the frequency attenuation effect when enough word processing time is allowed. Results do not support the unified explanation of masked priming and long-term priming as proposed by Bodner and Masson (2001). Moreover, information feedback from the semantic level was not the reason for the frequency attenuation effect in repetition priming.

Se han realizado tres experimentos de decisión léxica, en donde se utiliza el paradigma de facilitación enmascarada, para estudiar el efecto de atenuación de la frecuencia (más facilitación para las palabras objetivo de baja frecuencia que para las de alta frecuencia) para la facilitación por repetición y asociativa, manipulando la duración de la palabra preparatoria (PD) y la asincronía entre los comienzos de los estímulos preparatorio y objetivo (SOA). Un nuevo concepto se ha introducido, el umbral de tiempo mínimo (MTT), que es el intervalo mínimo de exposición necesario para que la palabra enmascarada sea percibida conscientemente. Los resultados apoyan la noción de que el MTT es la clave para que aparezca el efecto de atenuación de la frecuencia cuando se da suficiente tiempo de procesamiento de la palabra. Los resultados refutan la explicación unificada de la facilitación enmascarada y facilitación a largo plazo como ha sido propuesta por Bodner y Masson (2001). Además, la retroalimentación de la información desde el nivel semántico no es la razón de la aparición del efecto de atenuación de la frecuencia en la facilitación por repetición.

Keywords

lexical decision taskmasked primingrepetition primingassociative primingfrequency attenuation effectSOAMTTtarea de decisión léxicafacilitación enmascaradafacilitación por repeticiónfacilitación asociativaefecto de atenuación de la frecuenciaSOAMTT
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , May 2010 , pp. 30 - 62
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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