| Title: |
Active Masks and Active Inhibition: A Comment on Lleras and Enns (2004) and on Verleger, Jaskowski, Aydemir, van der Lubbe, and Groen (2004) |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Schlaghecken, Friederike, Eimer, Martin |
| Source: |
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Aug 2006 135(3):484-494. |
| Availability: |
American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org/publications. |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
11 |
| Publication Date: |
2006 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles
Opinion Papers |
| Descriptors: |
Inhibition, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Item Analysis, Reader Response, Review (Reexamination), Misconceptions, Construct Validity |
| ISSN: |
0096-3445 |
| Abstract: |
Verleger, Jaskowski, Aydemir, van der Lubbe, and Groen (see record 2004-21166-002) and Lleras and Enns (see record 2004-21166-001) have argued that negative compatibility effects (NCEs) obtained with masked primes do not reflect self-inhibition processes in motor control. Instead, NCEs are assumed to reflect activation of the response opposite to the prime, triggered by the presence of prime/targetlike features in the mask. Thus, no NCEs should be elicited when masks do not contain such task-relevant features. In Experiments 1 and 3, the authors demonstrate that NCEs can be obtained when masks contain only irrelevant features. Experiment 2 demonstrates that positive compatibility effects (PCEs) will occur with such masks when masked primes are presented peripherally. These results are inconsistent with the mask-induced activation accounts but are in line with the self-inhibition hypothesis of the NCE. Although perceptual interactions and mask-induced motor activations may contribute to NCEs under certain conditions, they cannot provide a full explanation for these effects. |
| Abstractor: |
Author |
| Entry Date: |
2006 |
| Access URL: |
https://content.apa.org/journals/xge/135/3 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ741411 |
| Database: |
ERIC |
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