Examining effects of preconscious mere exposure: An inattentional blindness approach.
Familiarity
Inattentional blindness
Mere exposure
Preconscious processing
Preference
Unconscious guidance
Journal
Consciousness and cognition
ISSN: 1090-2376
Titre abrégé: Conscious Cogn
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9303140
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2019
10 2019
Historique:
received:
30
04
2019
revised:
18
09
2019
accepted:
18
09
2019
pubmed:
2
10
2019
medline:
29
9
2020
entrez:
2
10
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
An increase in affective preference for stimuli, which a person has been repeatedly exposed to, is known as mere exposure effect. This effect has been shown for stimuli that are processed subliminally, that is, below the threshold of awareness. This study fills a current research gap by investigating mere exposure effects under processing that is preconscious, which follows from a high stimulus strength but absence of top-down amplification. In three experiments (N = 240 in total) preconscious processing was evoked using an inattentional blindness paradigm, which allowed the processing of stimuli (nonwords or Chinese symbols) under complete inattention. Contrary to our hypothesis, we did not find a mere exposure effect in our experiments. We expand the current state of knowledge by discussing the distractor devaluation effect and the attentional set of participants as possible reasons for the absence of the mere exposure effect. Directions for future investigations are outlined.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31574420
pii: S1053-8100(19)30190-4
doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2019.102825
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102825Informations de copyright
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