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Reference : Semantic Hyperpriming in Normal Aging: A Consequence of Instructions?


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Theoretical & cognitive psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/82538

Title :	Semantic Hyperpriming in Normal Aging: A Consequence of Instructions?
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Stefaniak, Nicolas [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences cognitives > Neuropsychologie >]
	Meulemans, Thierry [Université de Liège - ULg > Services généraux (Fac. de psycho. et des sc. de l'éducat.) > Doyen de la Faculté de Psychologie et des sc. de l'éducation >]
	Willems, Sylvie [Université de Liège - ULg > Services généraux (Fac. de psycho. et des sc. de l'éducat.) > Clinique psychologique et logopédique universitaire (CPLU) >]
Publication date :	8-Jul-2010
Journal title :	Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition
Publisher :	Psychology Press
Volume :	17
Issue/season :	5
Pages :	615-632
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1382-5585
e-ISSN :	1744-4128
City :	New York
Country :	NY
Keywords :	[en] semantic priming ; hyperpriming ; normal aging
Abstract :	[en] Semantic hyperpriming has consistently been found in normal aging. However, because the standard instructions to test semantic priming are generally ambiguous (focusing on both accuracy and speed), it is difficult to account for hyperpriming in older adults. By using the direct and mediated priming paradigms, this study investigates whether older adults’ response mode at testing may explain hyperpriming. First, we show that, under identical conditions, inducing a response mode that favors speed leads to greater priming effects in older adults. The pattern of results is similar to what is observed under standard instructions. Second, prompting a response mode that favors accuracy leads to greater priming effects in younger adults. We discuss various explanations for these findings and conclude, in accordance with the Ratcliff, Thapar, Gomez, and McKoon (2004a) diffusion model, that hyperpriming in normal aging is contingent on older adults’ response mode at testing.
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