Behavioural and EEG correlates of forward and backward priming-An exploratory study.

ABSTRACT: During affective priming, perception of an emotional "prime stimulus" influences the reaction time to the subsequent emotional "target stimulus". If prime and target have the same valence (congruent trials), reactions to the target are faster than if prime and target have different valences (incongruent trials). Bem introduced a backward priming paradigm in 2011, where first the target was presented and then the prime after the response. Similar to the classical affective forward priming effects, he found faster reaction times in congruent compared to incongruent trials, and interpreted these results as evidence supporting precognition. In the present exploratory study, while measuring EEG, we combined a forward priming paradigm with a related backward priming paradigm, following Bem's stu

SUBMITTER: Wilson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12061123 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature