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Abstract:
Recent results suggest that a component of long-term priming
for object identification is sensitive to left-right reflection
(McAuliffe & Knowlton, 2000). The present study investigated
the effects of left-right reflection and size on identification
priming. During the study phase, subjects viewed images and were
instructed to attend to them in preparation for a later memory
test. In the test phase, subjects identified previously seen
objects presented in a rapid visual stream of non-object
distracters. When study size and test size were matched, objects
presented in the same left-right orientation were identified faster
than objects presented in a mirror-reflected left-right
orientation. In contrast, when study size and test size differed,
objects presented in the same left-right orientation were
identified equally as fast as objects presented in a
mirror-reflected left-right orientation. The results suggest that
long-term reflection-sensitive identification priming is also
sensitive to changes in size. In addition, these findings support
the idea that shape representations in early visual areas (that are
sensitive to retinal size) can be primed in the long term.
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