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  • Title: Dissociation of conscious and unconscious repetition priming effect on event-related potentials.
    Author: Matsumoto A, Iidaka T, Nomura M, Ohira H.
    Journal: Neuropsychologia; 2005; 43(8):1168-76. PubMed ID: 15817175.
    Abstract:
    Although the neural basis of the unconscious priming effect has previously been investigated, the results of these studies have possibly been contaminated by a conscious priming effect. The aim of the present study was to dissociate the effects of conscious and unconscious priming on event-related potential (ERP) by using the process-dissociation procedure. A prime word was presented briefly, followed by a word-stem, in each trial. Under the inclusion condition, subjects were instructed to complete the word-stem using the prime word, while under the exclusion condition subjects were asked to complete the word-stem with a word not seen as prime. The behavioral priming effect was obtained under both conditions, indicating that the prime words were processed unconsciously and influenced the word-stem completion task. We found that two ERP components were affected by repetition priming. First, the N400 amplitude was decreased by word repetition under the inclusion condition, but not under the exclusion condition. This result suggests that N400 would reflect conscious lexical processing, but not unconscious lexical activation. Second, the negativity at left front lateral region was enhanced by word repetition under the exclusion condition. We discuss this finding herein in relation to the activity of the left inferior prefrontal cortex with regard to word semantic processing.
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