Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: A study with young and older adults
In the present study, we investigated the effects of selective attention at encoding on conceptual object priming (Experiment 1) and old-new recognition memory (Experiment 2) tasks in young and older adults. The procedures of both experiments included encoding and memory test phases separated by a s...
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| description | In the present study, we investigated the effects of selective attention at encoding on conceptual object priming (Experiment 1) and old-new recognition memory (Experiment 2) tasks in young and older adults. The procedures of both experiments included encoding and memory test phases separated by a short delay. At encoding, the picture outlines of two familiar objects, one in blue and the other in green, were presented to the left and to the right of fixation. In Experiment 1, participants were instructed to attend to the picture outline of a certain color and to classify the object as natural or artificial. After a short delay, participants performed a natural/ artificial speeded conceptual classification task with repeated attended, repeated unattended and new pictures. In Experiment 2, participants at encoding memorized the attended pictures and classified them as natural or artificial. After the encoding phase, they performed an old-new recognition memory task. Consistent with previous findings with perceptual priming tasks, we found that conceptual object priming, like explicit memory, required attention at encoding. Significant priming was obtained in both age groups, but only for those pictures that were attended at encoding. Although older adults were slower than young adults, both groups showed facilitation for attended pictures. In line with previous studies, young adults had better recognition memory than older adults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9a926bda9914da6a6bbd35a30af5b952022-12-22T01:27:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-01-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.01567109084Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: A study with young and older adultsSoledad eBallesteros0Julia eMayas1Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)In the present study, we investigated the effects of selective attention at encoding on conceptual object priming (Experiment 1) and old-new recognition memory (Experiment 2) tasks in young and older adults. The procedures of both experiments included encoding and memory test phases separated by a short delay. At encoding, the picture outlines of two familiar objects, one in blue and the other in green, were presented to the left and to the right of fixation. In Experiment 1, participants were instructed to attend to the picture outline of a certain color and to classify the object as natural or artificial. After a short delay, participants performed a natural/ artificial speeded conceptual classification task with repeated attended, repeated unattended and new pictures. In Experiment 2, participants at encoding memorized the attended pictures and classified them as natural or artificial. After the encoding phase, they performed an old-new recognition memory task. Consistent with previous findings with perceptual priming tasks, we found that conceptual object priming, like explicit memory, required attention at encoding. Significant priming was obtained in both age groups, but only for those pictures that were attended at encoding. Although older adults were slower than young adults, both groups showed facilitation for attended pictures. In line with previous studies, young adults had better recognition memory than older adults.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01567/fullAgingRepetition Primingselective attentionrecognitionconceptual implicit memory |
| spellingShingle | Soledad eBallesteros Julia eMayas Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: A study with young and older adults Frontiers in Psychology Aging Repetition Priming selective attention recognition conceptual implicit memory |
| title | Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: A study with young and older adults |
| title_full | Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: A study with young and older adults |
| title_fullStr | Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: A study with young and older adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: A study with young and older adults |
| title_short | Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: A study with young and older adults |
| title_sort | selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition a study with young and older adults |
| topic | Aging Repetition Priming selective attention recognition conceptual implicit memory |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01567/full |
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