Dissociation of rapid response learning and facilitation in perceptual and conceptual networks of person recognition

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ID9620123
AuthorsChristian Valt (0000-0002-7226-6188, Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience School of Psychology Bangor University Bangor UK), Christoph Klein (0000-0002-9451-4699, Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience School of Psychology Bangor University Bangor UK), Stephan A Boehm (0000-0001-9220-7241, Bangor University, corresponding author), Stephan G Boehm (Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience School of Psychology Bangor University Bangor UK)
Year2015
Volume106
Issue3
Pages375-396
Publication date2015-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjop.12095
PMID25291047
OpenAlexW1977474719
LanguageEN
References cited57

Repetition priming is a prominent example of non‐declarative memory, and it increases the accuracy and speed of responses to repeatedly processed stimuli. Major long‐hold memory theories posit that repetition priming results from facilitation within perceptual and conceptual networks for stimulus recognition and categorization. Stimuli can also be bound to particular responses, and it has recently been suggested that this rapid response learning, not network facilitation, provides a sound theory of priming of object recognition. Here, we addressed the relevance of network facilitation and rapid response learning for priming of person recognition with a view to advance general theories of priming. In four experiments, participants performed conceptual decisions like occupation or nationality judgments for famous faces. The magnitude of rapid response learning varied across experiments, and rapid response learning co‐occurred and interacted with facilitation in perceptual and conceptual networks. These findings indicate that rapid response learning and facilitation in perceptual and conceptual networks are complementary rather than competing theories of priming. Thus, future memory theories need to incorporate both rapid response learning and network facilitation as individual facets of priming

Categorization · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Concept learning · Dissociation (chemistry) · Facilitation · Lexical decision task · Perception · Priming (agriculture) · Repetition priming · Response priming · Stimulus (psychology) · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Face Recognition and Perception · Memory Processes and Influences · Neuroscience · Psychology

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