Episodic Retrieval Processes in Auditory Negative Priming: Evidence from Event-Related Brain Poten- tials and Multinomial Modeling

.................................................................................................................... 6 1 The Phenomenon of Negative Priming .......................................................... 7 2 Theories of Negative Priming ...................................................................... 11 2.1 Distractor Inhibition Model ......................................................................... 11 2.1.1 Negative Priming as an Aftereffect of Distractor Inhibition........................... 11 2.1.2 Inhibition as a Response Block.................................................................... 12 2.1.3 An Active Inhibitory Mechanism within a Neural Network Model............... 14 2.2 Episodic Retrieval Model............................................................................. 16 2.2.1 The Episodic Retrieval Model...................................................................... 16 2.2.2 Experimental Design Influences the Persistence of the Negative Priming Effect ............................................................................... 17 2.2.3 Further Empirical Evidence for the Episodic Retrieval Model ....................... 20 2.3 Temporal Discrimination Model.................................................................. 21 2.4 Feature Mismatch Model............................................................................. 25 2.5 Reconciliation of Accounts ......................................................................... 27 3 Investigating the Mechanisms of Auditory Negative Priming........................ 30 4 Measuring Event-Related Potentials to Investigate Auditory Negative Priming ........................................................................................ 35 4.1 ERP Methodology and Inferences ................................................................ 37 4.2 ERP Correlates of Inhibitory Processes ......................................................... 39 4.3 ERP Correlates of Mnemonic Processes ....................................................... 43 5 Experiment 1............................................................................................... 46 5.1 Method ....................................................................................................... 47 5.1.1 Participants ................................................................................................. 47 5.1.2 Materials..................................................................................................... 47 5.1.3 Procedure ................................................................................................... 49