The distinction between identification and production priming assumes that tasks based on production processes involve two distinct stages: the activation of multiple solutions and the following selection of a final response. Previous research demonstrated that divided attention reduced production but not identification priming. However, an unresolved issue concerns whether the activation of candidate solutions is sufficient to account for the enhanced request of attentional resources, independently from the contribution of selection processes. The present paper investigated this question by using a version of the lexical decision task (LDT) in which the target words had either many or few orthographic neighbors. Two experiments showed that the effects of divided and selective attention were equivalent in both conditions, suggesting that the inclusion of a process of generation of multiple solutions in the LDT is not sufficient to increase the amount of cognitive resources needed to achieve full priming to the levels of production tasks.

Attention and Implicit Memory The Role of the Activation of Multiple Representations / Spataro, Pietro; W., Mulligan Neil; ROSSI ARNAUD, Clelia Matilde. - In: EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1618-3169. - STAMPA. - 58:2(2011), pp. 110-116. [10.1027/1618-3169/a000074]

Attention and Implicit Memory The Role of the Activation of Multiple Representations

SPATARO, PIETRO;ROSSI ARNAUD, Clelia Matilde
2011

Abstract

The distinction between identification and production priming assumes that tasks based on production processes involve two distinct stages: the activation of multiple solutions and the following selection of a final response. Previous research demonstrated that divided attention reduced production but not identification priming. However, an unresolved issue concerns whether the activation of candidate solutions is sufficient to account for the enhanced request of attentional resources, independently from the contribution of selection processes. The present paper investigated this question by using a version of the lexical decision task (LDT) in which the target words had either many or few orthographic neighbors. Two experiments showed that the effects of divided and selective attention were equivalent in both conditions, suggesting that the inclusion of a process of generation of multiple solutions in the LDT is not sufficient to increase the amount of cognitive resources needed to achieve full priming to the levels of production tasks.
2011
attention; implicit memory
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Attention and Implicit Memory The Role of the Activation of Multiple Representations / Spataro, Pietro; W., Mulligan Neil; ROSSI ARNAUD, Clelia Matilde. - In: EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1618-3169. - STAMPA. - 58:2(2011), pp. 110-116. [10.1027/1618-3169/a000074]
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