Role of task-directed attention in nonconscious and conscious response priming by form and color.

摘要: Prior research on visual priming suggests that during nonconscious processing attention can be directed to single stimulus dimensions such as form or color. In the current experiment, was compared conscious by employing masking techniques render primes invisible (masked) visible (unmasked) observers. Observers were asked respond form, color, combination of and color mask-probe followed either a masked an unmasked prime. The prime varied in its congruency relative mask-probe. results indicate (1) task-irrelevant feature attentionally filtered out, (2) only separated features attended, (3) conjunction comprising object attended. Furthermore, at level stimuli are processed individual-feature level, while additionally whole-object level.