Global precedence and response activation: Evidence from LRPs
Authors: Miller, Jeff; Navon, David
Source: The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology A, Volume 55, Number 1, 1 February 2002 , pp. 289-310(22)
Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
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Abstract:
Lateralized readiness potentials (LRPs) were measured in left/right/no-go tasks using compound global/local stimuli. In Experiment 1, participants responded to local target shapes and ignored global ones. RTs were affected by the congruence of the global shape with the local one, and LRPs indicated that irrelevant global shapes activated the responses with which they were associated. In Experiment 2, participants responded to conjunctions of target shapes at both levels, withholding the response if a target appeared at only one level. Global shapes activated responses in no-go trials, but local shapes did not. The results are consistent with partial-output models in which preliminary information about global shape can partially activate responses that are inconsistent with the local shape. They also demonstrate that part of the global advantage arises early, before response activation begins and probably before recognition of the local shape.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1080/02724980143000280
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