Negative priming has traditionally been viewed as a reflection of an inhibitory mechanism of
attention. However, recent accounts have suggested that negative priming does not reflect …

Ignoring a distractor on a prime trial generally impairs responses to that object on a
subsequent probe trial. This negative-priming (NP) effect supports the notion that distracting …

We examined a visual search task, in which observers responded to the high-acuity aspect
of a popout target (shape of an odd-colored diamond or vernier offset of an odd spatial …

Theories of cognition frequently assume the existence of inhibitory mechanisms that
deactivate mental representations. Justifying this assumption is difficult because cognitive …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the causes of memory interference and the
extent of situations in which these mechanisms operate. First, the chapter discusses some …

In an earlier paper (Maljkovic & Nakayama, 1994) we showed that repetition of an attention-
driving feature primes the deployment of attention to the same feature on subsequent trials …

When subjects switch between two tasks, performance is slower after a task switch than after
a task repetition. We report five experiments showing that a large part of these “task-shift …

Abstract [This book builds] upon the latest psychological research, it considers how learning
and performance can be enhanced and through what means. Specific issues are examined …

Recent research has established several empirical results that are widely agreed to merit
description in terms of unconscious cognition. These findings come from experiments that …

The identification of theoretical principles that contribute meaningfully to our understanding
of phenomena as diverse as attention and perception, conditioning, memory, language …