Replication and extension of long-term implicit memory: Perceptual priming but conceptual cessation
Department
Exercise Science and Sport Management
Additional Department
Psychology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2018
Abstract
We endeavored to replicate Mitchell's (2006) finding of 17-year implicit memory priming. Subjects saw word and picture stimuli in 1999–2000 (M age = 18.9) and were retested after 11–14 years (M = 13.2; M age = 32.1). Via the internet, they completed four implicit memory tasks: picture fragment identification, word fragment completion, word stem completion, and category exemplar generation. Relative to control subjects (matched on stimuli, age, and education), longitudinal subjects revealed priming on picture and word fragment identification (perceptual tasks), but no priming on word stem completion or category exemplar generation (conceptual tasks). Four longitudinal subjects who failed to recall participating in the prior laboratory session had priming similar to the 10 subjects who did remember. Thus, we replicated the longevity of perceptual priming for pictures, and extended this to word fragment priming as well.
Journal Title
Consciousness and Cognition
Journal ISSN
1053-8100
Volume
58
First Page
1
Last Page
9
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1016/j.concog.2017.12.002