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Evidence of unconscious semantic processing from a forced error situation
Author(s) -
Groeger J. A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1984.tb01902.x
Subject(s) - psychology , word (group theory) , unconscious mind , set (abstract data type) , word recognition , natural language processing , cognitive psychology , semantic memory , semantics (computer science) , speech recognition , artificial intelligence , cognition , linguistics , computer science , neuroscience , philosophy , reading (process) , psychoanalysis , programming language
A study was carried out to determine whether subjects extracted information from words presented below their recognition and awareness thresholds. A series of target words was used to generate the word matrix, which was a set of 24 words related to the target in specified ways. Following subthreshold exposure of a target word, subjects chose the word they thought had been shown from the word matrix for that particular target. It was held that the alternative chosen was a function of the type of processing the target was receiving. Results showed that structural analysis of the target predominated below recognition threshold, whereas semantic analysis predominated below awareness threshold.