Negative Priming

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Negative Priming refers to a slowed response identification time to a target stimulus that has been previously ignored. In previous trials of the experiment this target stimulus or probe was a distractor stimulus. It is widely assumed negative priming occurs as a result of the selection that occurs in the first display.^[1]

[edit] See Also

• Priming
• Inhibition of return
• Attention

[edit] References

1. ^ [1] Miliken, B. & Joordens, S (1996) Negative priming without overt prime selection Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, dec 1996 (URL accessed 12/31/06)