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Associative priming in color naming: interference and facilitation.

J S Burt1

  • 1School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia. j.burt@psy.uq.edu.au

Memory & Cognition
|June 4, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Priming effects in color naming depend on task demands and timing. Associative primes can interfere or facilitate color naming based on processing levels and stimulus presentation.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Color-naming tasks assess automatic and controlled processing of visual stimuli.
  • Priming effects reveal how prior exposure influences subsequent responses.
  • Understanding interference and facilitation is key to mapping cognitive processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of prime processing tasks on color-naming interference.
  • To examine the role of temporal factors in associative priming effects.
  • To elucidate the mechanisms underlying color-naming facilitation and interference.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Compared color-naming interference between lexical decision and silent reading groups for primes.
  • Experiment 2: Assessed associative interference under different temporal grouping conditions.
  • Experiment 3: Manipulated prime-target stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) to observe facilitation.

Main Results:

  • Lexical decision to primes yielded greater color-naming interference than silent reading.
  • Temporal grouping of prime and target enhanced associative interference.
  • Short SOAs (120 msec) demonstrated facilitation in color naming.
  • Faster processing of high-frequency targets was observed.

Conclusions:

  • Color-naming facilitation occurs due to faster base word processing.
  • Interference arises when associative priming heightens conflict between word and color responses.
  • Phonological or articulatory activation of the base word mediates priming effects.

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