Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Frontiers Research Foundation
Place of Publication
Lausanne, Switzerland
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Arts
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
20237
Abstract
This experiment is a replication of experiments reported by Lassaline and Logan (1993) using the visual numerosity task. The aim was to replicate the transition from controlled to automatic processing reported by Lassaline and Logan (1993), and to examine the extent to which this result, reported with average group results, can be observed in the results of individuals within a group. The group results in this experiment did replicate those reported by Lassaline and Logan (1993) ; however, one half of the sample did not attain automaticity with the task, and one-third did not exhibit a transition from controlled to automatic processing. These results raise questions about the pervasiveness of automaticity, and the interpretation of group means when examining cognitive processes.
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01744
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Speelman, C. P., & Muller-Townsend, K. L. (2015). Attaining automaticity in the visual numerosity task is not automatic. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(2015), 1744. Available here