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Subliminal Speech Priming

Kouider, Sid, Dupoux, Emmanuel·2005·Psychological Science

Abstract

We present a novel subliminal priming technique that operates in the auditory modality. Masking is achieved by hiding a spoken word within a stream of time-compressed speechlike sounds with similar spectral characteristics. Participants were unable to consciously identify the hidden words, yet reliable repetition priming was found. This effect was unaffected by a change in the speaker's voice and remained restricted to lexical processing. The results show that the speech modality, like the written modality, involves the automatic extraction of abstract word-form representations that do not include non-linguistic details. In both cases, priming operates at the level of discrete and abstract lexical entries and is little influenced by overlap in form or semantics.

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Authors
Kouider, S., & Dupoux, E.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, EHESS-ENS-CNRS, Paris, France
Corresponding author
Kouider, Sid
Venue
Psychological Science
Published
2005-08
Volume
16
Issue
8
Pages
617-625
ISSN
  • 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9280
OpenAlex
W2129624808
Cited by
100
References
44
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
Keywords
subliminal priming, auditory priming, repetition priming, lexical processing, word recognition, time-compressed speech, masking, automatic word recognition
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Analysis of Variance, Awareness, Humans, Linguistics, Perceptual Masking, Phonetics, Reaction Time, Semantics, Speech, Speech Acoustics, Students, Subliminal Stimulation, Time Factors

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