Comparing unconscious processing during continuous flash suppression and meta-contrast masking just under the limen of consciousness.

ABSTRACT: Stimuli can be rendered invisible using a variety of methods and the method selected to demonstrate unconscious processing in a given study often appears to be arbitrary. Here, we compared unconscious processing under continuous flash suppression (CFS) and meta-contrast masking, using similar stimuli, tasks and measures. Participants were presented with a prime arrow followed by a target arrow. They made a speeded response to the target arrow direction and then reported on the prime's visibility. Perception of the prime was made liminal using either meta-contrast masking (Experiment 1) or CFS (Experiments 2 and 3). Conscious perception of the prime was assessed using a sensitive visibility scale ranging from 0 to 3 and unconscious processing was measured as the priming effect on target dis

SUBMITTER: Peremen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160875 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature