Age and processing effects on perceptual and conceptual priming
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Ward, E. 2023. Age and processing effects on perceptual and conceptual priming. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 76 (1), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221090128
Type | Article |
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Title | Age and processing effects on perceptual and conceptual priming |
Authors | Ward, E. |
Abstract | Explicit (declarative) memory declines with age, but age effects on implicit (nondeclarative) memory are debated. Some studies have reported null changes in implicit memory (e.g., priming in word-fragment completion, perceptual identification, category exemplar generation) with age, while others have uncovered declines. One factor that may account for these discrepancies is processing. Evidence suggests that conceptual and perceptual processes are not equally affected by aging, yet processing requirements have varied greatly between studies. Processing may moderate age effects on priming, but no study has systematically examined this issue. This registered report presents an experiment to manipulate processing (conceptual / perceptual) during incidental encoding of words, prior to measures of perceptual (perceptual identification) and conceptual (category verification) priming. The perceptual and conceptual priming tasks were matched on all characteristics except processing, making them highly comparable. The four orthogonal conditions (perceptual encoding, perceptual test [PP]; conceptual encoding, perceptual test [CP]; perceptual encoding, conceptual test [PC]; conceptual encoding, conceptual test [CC]) were designed to clarify situations in which age effects on implicit memory emerge, which holds important practical and theoretical implications. Significant effects of Age, Test and an Age x Processing interaction emerged. Priming was greater in young than older adults and on the perceptual than the conceptual test, but in contrast to the predictions, the age difference was only significant when prior encoding was perceptual (i.e., in the PP and CP conditions). |
Keywords | Ageing; processing; implicit memory; perceptual priming; conceptual priming |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Journal | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology |
ISSN | 1747-0218 |
Electronic | 1747-0226 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 03 Apr 2022 |
Jan 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Jan 2022 |
Accepted | 18 Jan 2022 |
Submitted | 03 Nov 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Restricted |
Copyright Statement | Ward, Emma V. Age and processing effects on perceptual and conceptual priming. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(1), 1-14. Copyright © 2022 Experimental Psychology Society. DOI: 10.1177/17470218221090128 |
Additional information | Registered Report |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221090128 |
PubMed ID | 35285338 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC9773153 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000778197800001 |
Language | English |
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