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The Self-Prioritization Effect: Self-referential processing in movement highlights modulation at multiple stages
- Abstract:
- A wealth of recent research supports the validity of the Self-Prioritization Effect (SPE) – the performance advantage for responses to self- as compared with other-person associated stimuli in a shape-label matching task. However, inconsistent findings have been reported regarding the particular stage(s) of information processing that are influenced. In one account, self-prioritization modulates multiple stages of processing, whereas according to a competing account, self-prioritization is driven solely by a modulation in central-stage information processing. To decide between these two possibilities, the present study tested whether the self-advantage in arm-movements previously reported could reflect a response bias using visual feedback (Experiment 1), or approach motivation processes (Experiments 1 and 2). In Experiment 1, visual-feedback was occluded in a ballistic movement-time variant of the matching task, while, in Experiment 2, task-responses were directed away from the stimuli and the participant’s body. The advantage for self in arm-movement responses emerged in both experiments. The findings indicate that the self-advantage in arm-movement responses does not depend on the use of visual feedback or on a self/stimuli-directed response. They further indicate that self-relevance can modulate movement responses (predominantly) using proprioceptive, kinaesthetic, and tactile information. These findings support the view that self-relevance modulates arm-movement responses, countering the suggestion that selfprioritization only influences central-stage processes, and consistent with a multiple-stage influence instead.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.3758/s13414-021-02295-0
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- Publisher:
- Springer
- Journal:
- Attention, Perception and Psychophysics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 83
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 2656-2674
- Publication date:
- 2021-04-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-03-02
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1943-393X
- ISSN:
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0031-5117
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1165788
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pubs:1165788
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2021-03-03
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- Desebrock and Spence.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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- © The Author(s) 2021. Open Access: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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