Abstract
People have difficulty detecting repetition of a word within rapid lists, although they can report the identities of many of the list words. This repetition blindness effect has been explained through a “type/token” account, which assumes a refractory period for registering second occurrences. In contradiction of that idea, holding the time course constant, we observed release from repetition blindness when critical words were marked while the rapid list was in progress. Also contrary to that account, we observed that subjects can become aware of repetition without becoming aware of what was repeated. We present an account of on-line repetition detection and blindness based instead on construction and attribution.
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