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Prior word encoding enhances processing fluency, affecting duration and contrast judgments in masked word identification tasks. This fluency influences subjective awareness of prior experience, impacting memory attributions.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Perception
  • Memory

Background:

  • Processing fluency, a measure of processing ease, is influenced by prior exposure to stimuli.
  • Fluency effects can manifest in various perceptual judgments, including duration and contrast.
  • Understanding the source and experience of processing fluency is crucial for cognitive models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how processing fluency from prior encoding affects duration and brightness contrast judgments in a masked word identification task.
  • To examine whether the source of encoding (visual vs. conceptual) influences these fluency effects.
  • To explore the relationship between successful word identification, processing fluency, and subjective awareness of prior occurrence.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed prior encoding tasks (reading aloud or semantic generation) followed by a masked word identification task.

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  • Judgments of word duration and brightness contrast of masks were recorded.
  • Analyses conditioned on correct or failed target word identification were performed.

    • Main Results:

    • Prior encoding increased duration judgments and decreased brightness contrast judgments for identified words.
    • These effects were observed regardless of whether encoding involved direct visual perception or conceptual generation.
    • Successful identification strongly modulated perceptual judgments, and awareness of prior study appeared to be an attribution to fluency.

    Conclusions:

    • Both perceptual and conceptual prior encoding contribute to processing fluency in masked word identification.
    • This processing fluency is experienced generically and can be attributed to various sources, including prior experience and current conditions.
    • Subjective awareness of prior occurrence is likely an attribution based on observed fluency, not a direct cause of it.