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This paper describes an experiment designed to explore whether perceptual priming could be demonstrated for dynamic information. A patch-light technique with luminous spots on the main joints of the human body was used for presenting natural and distorted actions for subjects in a study trial, a recognition test, and an action-decision test. In the recognition test, the subjects were asked to identify those actions presented in the study trial. In the action-decision test, they were asked to decide whether or not the information shown depicted natural actions. The results showed significant priming effects for real actions but not for distorted actions. Contingency analyses revealed statistical independence between action-decision performance and recognition performance. It was concluded that perceptual priming of dynamic information is possible, given compatibility between the information presented and the specific characteristics of the perceptual system.
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This research was supported by a grant from the Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. We are grateful to Sverker Runeson for valuable comments.
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Nilsson, LG., Olofsson, U. & Nyberg, L. Implicit memory of dynamic information. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 30, 265–267 (1992). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330460
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