Semantic priming revealed by mouse movement trajectories. Academic Article

abstract

• Congruency effects are taken as evidence that semantic information can be processed automatically. However, these effects are often weak, and the straightforward association between primes and targets can exaggerate congruency effects. To address these problems, a mouse movement method is applied to scrutinize congruency effects. In one experiment, participants judged whether two numbers were the same ("33") or different ("35"), preceded by briefly presented pictures with either positive or negative connotations. Participants indicated their responses by clicking a "Same" or "Different" button on the computer screen, while their cursor trajectories were recorded for each trial. The trajectory data revealed greater deviation to unselected buttons in incongruent trials (e.g., "35" preceded by a green traffic light picture). This effect was influenced by the type of responses but not by prime durations. We suggest that the mouse movement method can complement the reaction time to study masked semantic priming.

authors

• Yamauchi, Takashi

published proceedings

• Conscious Cogn

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Xiao, K., & Yamauchi, T.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• Xiao, Kunchen||Yamauchi, Takashi

publication date

• July 2014

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Consciousness and Cognition  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Computer Peripherals
• Congruency Effects
• Humans
• Judgment
• Mouse Movement
• Random Allocation
• Repetition Priming
• Semantic Priming
• Semantics
• Task Performance And Analysis
• Young Adult

PubMed Central ID

• 24797040

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.concog.2014.04.004

start page

• 42

end page

• 52

volume

• 27

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2014.04.004