The influence of subliminal priming (behavior outside of awareness) in humans is an
interesting phenomenon and its understanding is crucial as it can impact behavior, choices …

Unconscious priming is a prototypical example of an automatic process, which is initiated
without deliberate intention. Classical theories of automaticity assume that such …

Semantic priming has been a focus of research in the cognitive sciences for more than thirty
years and is commonly used as a tool for investigating other aspects of perception and …

The aim of the present study was to examine the time course and scalp distribution of
electrophysiological manifestations of the visual word recognition mechanism. Event-related …

According to classical theories, automatic processes are autonomous and independent of
higher level cognitive influence. In contrast, the authors propose that automatic processing …

One component of successful social interactions is joint attention. It is now well established
that when a gaze shift is observed, the observer's attention rapidly and automatically orients …

In 2 experiments, participants completed both an attentional control battery (OSPAN,
antisaccade, and Stroop tasks) and a modified semantic priming task. The priming task …

Four experiments investigated activation of semantic information in action preparation.
Participants either prepared to grasp and use an object (eg, to drink from a cup) or to lift a …

Semantic priming in the lexical decision task has been shown to increase when the
proportion of related-prime trials is increased. This finding typically is taken as evidence for a …

We argue that the semantic analysis of task-irrelevant stimuli is modulated by feature-
specific attention allocation. In line with this hypothesis, we found semantic priming of …