DISTINGUISHING DETECTION FROM IDENTIFICATION IN SUBLIMINAL AUDITORY-PERCEPTION - A REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF MERIKLES STUDY

Authors
HARRIS JL SALUS D RERECICH R LARSEN D
Citation
Jl. Harris et al., DISTINGUISHING DETECTION FROM IDENTIFICATION IN SUBLIMINAL AUDITORY-PERCEPTION - A REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF MERIKLES STUDY, The Journal of general psychology, 123(1), 1996, pp. 41-50
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
The Journal of general psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221309
Volume
123
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
41 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1309(1996)123:1<41:DDFIIS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Assertions made by Merikle (1988) regarding audio subliminal messages were tested. Seventeen participants were presented subliminal messages embedded in a white-noise cover, and three signal-to-noise (S/N) dete ction ratios were examined. Participants were asked to guess message p resence and message content, to determine subjective/objective. thresh olds. Results showed that participants were unable to identify target words presented in this audio subliminal stimulus format beyond chance levels.