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Unconscious processing of dichoptically masked words.

A G Greenwald, M R Klinger, T J Liu

    Memory & Cognition
    |January 1, 1989
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    Even invisible words can influence our judgments. This study shows that subliminal semantic priming affects both evaluative decisions and positional awareness, demonstrating reliable semantic processing of undetectable words.

    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Neuroscience
    • Perception

    Background:

    • Previous research suggests semantic processing can occur for words presented too briefly to be consciously perceived.
    • Dichoptic pattern masking is a technique used to render visual stimuli undetectable.
    • Understanding the limits of conscious perception is crucial for cognitive science.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate whether subliminal semantic priming influences evaluative judgments of target words.
    • To determine if undetectable masked words affect non-speeded judgments, such as word position.
    • To establish the reliability of semantic processing for words presented below the threshold of awareness.

    Main Methods:

    • Three experiments using dichoptic pattern masking to present brief, evaluative prime words to the non-dominant eye.

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  • Subjects performed speeded judgments on the valence (good/bad) of target words.
  • In some conditions, subjects also made non-speeded judgments on word position, with masked words carrying irrelevant positional semantic cues.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant masked priming effects were observed: congruent prime-target pairs led to faster evaluative decisions.
    • Even when subjects were at chance for discriminating word position, their judgments were influenced by the semantic content of masked words.
    • Both speeded evaluative tasks and non-speeded positional tasks showed reliable effects of subliminal semantic content.

    Conclusions:

    • Semantic processing of words occurs even when they are rendered undetectable by dichoptic pattern masking.
    • Subliminal semantic information influences both explicit evaluative judgments and implicit positional awareness.
    • These findings confirm the robustness and reliability of subliminal semantic processing.