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Examining Bilingual Language Control Using the Stroop Task
Published on: February 26, 2020
Temporal constraints of the word blindness posthypnotic suggestion on Stroop task performance
Benjamin A Parris1, Zoltan Dienes, Timothy L Hodgson
1School of Design, Engineering, and Computing, University of Bournemouth, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Poole BH12 5BB, United Kingdom. bparris@bournemouth.ac.uk
Abstract:
The present work investigated possible temporal constraints on the posthypnotic word blindness suggestion effect. In a completely within-subjects and counterbalanced design 19 highly suggestible individuals performed the Stroop task both with and without a posthypnotic suggestion that they would be unable to read the word dimension of the Stroop stimulus, both when response-stimulus interval (RSI) was short (500 ms) or equivalent to previous studies (3500 ms). The suggestion reduced Stroop interference in the short RSI condition (54 vs. 6 ms) but not in the long RSI condition (52 vs. 56 ms), and did not affect Stroop facilitation. Our results suggest that response to the suggestion involves reactive top-down control processes that persist only if levels of activation can be maintained. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).
