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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, K
dc.contributor.authorMcKone, E
dc.contributor.authorSlee, J
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:53:22Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:53:22Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2013-12-18T22:21:33Z
dc.identifier.issn0261-510X
dc.identifier.doi10.1348/026151005X35732
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55087
dc.description.abstractIt is often of theoretical interest to know if implicit memory (repetition priming) develops across childhood under a given circumstance. Methodologically, however, it is difficult to determine whether development is present when baseline performance for unstudied items improves with age. Calculation of priming in absolute (priming 젳tudied - unstudied) or relative-to-baseline terms can lead to different conclusions. In first noting this problem, Parkin (1993) suggested using the Snodgrass (1989a) calculation of relative priming [priming 젨studied - unstudied)/(maximum - unstudied)], and most developmental studies have since adopted this procedure. Here, we question the Snodgrass method because the Snodgrass method's results are not replicated in the picture identification task when baselines are equated experimentally across age groups. Instead, results support an absolute measure of priming. Theoretically, we argue against its core assumption; namely, that children and adults always lie on the same learning curve, with an equal maximum performance level and equal rate of learning.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom293
dc.relation.ispartofpageto304
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleAbsolute versus relative difference measures of priming: Which is appropriate when baseline scores change with age?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMurphy, Kristina


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