Spatial attentional biases toward height‐related words in young males with physical stature dissatisfaction

Abstract

By recording event‐related potentials (ERPs) during a dot‐probe task, the present study examined the neural dynamics of attentional bias toward height‐related words among height dissatisfied males. Sixty male participants screened by Negative Physical Self Scale‐Stature Concerns subscale (NPS‐S) were assigned into a high height dissatisfaction (HHD) group and a low height dissatisfaction (LHD) group. The results showed that tall‐related versus neutral words elicited larger N2pc for both HHD and LHD groups, whereas short‐related versus neutral words elicited larger N2pc only for the HHD group. Additionally, an evident Pd was elicited by tall‐related words for the HHD group, but not for the LHD group. Taken together, these findings revealed attentional biases toward height‐related information for HHD individuals on a neural level. Specifically, HHD individuals showed an enhanced spatial attention oriented toward both tall‐related and short‐related words, and then, the allocated attention to the tall‐related words was terminated by an active suppression mechanism.

Attentional suppression of weight‐related distractors among females with weight dissatisfaction

“…How to cite this article: Yao, J., Leng, X., Chen, Y., Chen, M., Liu, A., Feng, C., & Feng, W. (2023). Attentional suppression of weight related distractors among females with weight dissatisfaction.…”

“…And indi viduals with higher levels of anxiety exhibited greater at tentional suppression, as reflected by larger P D . Besides, in the field of body image, Chen et al (2023) applied the dot probe paradigm to examine the attentional biases toward height related information among males with high height dissatisfaction (HHD). The results showed that compared to the neutral words, tall related words elicited larger N2pc for both the HHD group and control group and short related words elicited larger N2pc only for the HHD group.…”