The influence of location, ownership, and the presence of a coactor on the processing of objects.

McPhee, Anna Michelle; Constable, Merryn; Saccone, Elizabeth J.; Welsh, Timothy N.

doi:10.1037/cep0000232

“…Whereas a standard self-prioritization effect emerged for the self-symmetry association, the effect did not emerge in the case of the self-asymmetry association. Therefore, even if the results of previous studies suggest that the self-prioritization effect is a robust phenomenon that occurs across a range of stimuli and experimental situations (e.g., Frings & Wentura, 2014; Fuentes et al, 2016; Payne et al, 2017; Schäfer et al, 2015, 2016; Stein et al, 2016; Woźniak & Knoblich, 2019), the results of our two experiments suggest that there are definite boundaries and constraints to the phenomenon itself (see also Constable et al, 2021; Falbén et al, 2020; Golubickis et al, 2021; McPhee et al, 2021; Strachan et al, 2020).…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 76%

“…TOWARDS THE BOUNDARIES OF SELF-PRIORITIZATION 9 2016; Wo zniak & Knoblich, 2019), the results of our two experiments suggest that there are definite boundaries and constraints to the phenomenon itself (see also Constable et al, 2021;Falbén et al, 2020;Golubickis et al, 2021;McPhee et al, 2021;Strachan et al, 2020).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…For instance, when different categories of items (e.g., pens and pencils) are arbitrarily assigned to either the self or another individual, the self-owned items are responded to faster than the items owned by the other (Golubickis et al, 2018, 2019; see also Constable et al, 2019; Cunningham, 2008). Interestingly, this self-ownership advantage disappears when the self-owned items are presented outside a symbolic space associated arbitrarily with the self (McPhee et al, 2021; Strachan et al, 2020), and it reverses when participants are informed that the friend-owned items are more likely to appear than the self-owned items (Falbén et al, 2020). This suggests that “… the processing advantage for owned objects is something that can be modulated by the context in which it is embedded” (Strachan et al, 2020, p. 795).…”

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Towards the boundaries of self-prioritization: Associating the self with asymmetric shapes disrupts the self-prioritization effect.

Vicovaro¹,

Dalmaso²,

Bertamini³

2022

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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Individuals tend to prioritize self-relevant information over other-relevant information. Converging empirical evidence indicates that stimuli that are arbitrarily associated with the self are processed more efficiently than stimuli that are arbitrarily associated with stranger identities. In the present study, we tested if a salient perceptual feature (i.e., presence or absence of symmetry) can modulate this self-prioritization effect. In particular, we wanted to know how the valence of symmetry would integrate or interfere with the self. Under one condition, participants were asked to associate the self with symmetric shapes and a stranger with asymmetric shapes, whereas, under another condition, the association was inverted (i.e., self-asymmetry/stranger-symmetry). The two conditions were manipulated within participants (Experiment 1, laboratory-based) or between participants (Experiment 2, online). Participants classified a randomly generated shape (symmetric vs. asymmetric) and a label (you vs. stranger) as either matching or nonmatching with the previously learned association. In both experiments, a clear self-prioritization effect emerged in the self-symmetry/stranger-asymmetry condition whereas, strikingly, no evidence of a self-prioritization effect emerged at all in the opposite condition. The results suggest that the self-prioritization effect is not mandatory and can be modulated by the valence of the stimuli with which self and stranger are associated. Public Significance Statement(a) Self-relevant information tends to be prioritized over other-relevant information, a phenomenon known as the self-prioritization effect. The possible influence of the valence of self-and otherrelated information on the self-prioritization effect remains unclear. (b) We manipulated the valence of the visual shapes with which self and stranger were arbitrarily associated by manipulating the presence or absence of symmetry. (c) Surprisingly, a self-prioritization effect occurred when the self was associated with symmetric shapes and the stranger with asymmetric shapes, whereas no evidence of a self-prioritization effect emerged for the opposite association. These results shed new light on the self-prioritization effect, showing that it is not a mandatory phenomenon and that it can reflect the tendency to keep a positive bias for the self.

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“…The SPE is the phenomenon in which individuals focus on self-related information or objects and respond faster (or more accurately) relative to information associated with others [24][25][26] . Therefore, compared with far-space processing, the SPE shows priority in near-space processing 5,27,28 . Converging evidence has established the SPE using a shape-label matching task 26,29−31 .…”

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confidence: 99%

The thickness of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) predicts the self-prioritization effect (SPE) on the interaction between spatial reference frames and spatial domains

Huang¹,

Tang

²

,

Wang³

et al. 2021

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Neuropsychological studies have demonstrated that the preferential processing of near-space and egocentric representation is associated with the self-prioritization effect (SPE). However, relatively little is known concerning whether the SPE is superior to the representation of egocentric frames or near-space processing in the interaction between spatial reference frames and spatial domains. The present study adopted the variant of the shape-label matching task (i.e., color-label) to establish an SPE, combined with a spatial reference frame judgment task, to examine how the SPE leads to preferential processing of near-space or egocentric representations. Surface-based morphometry analysis was also adopted to extract the cortical thickness of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) to examine whether it could predict differences in the SPE at the behavioral level. The results showed a significant SPE, manifested as the response of self-associated color being faster than that of stranger-associated color. Additionally, the SPE showed a preference for near-space processing, followed by egocentric representation. More importantly, the thickness of the vmPFC could predict the difference in the SPE on reference frames, particularly in the left frontal pole cortex and bilateral rostral anterior cingulate cortex. These findings indicated that the SPE showed a prior entry effect for information at the spatial level relative to the reference frame level, providing evidence to support the structural significance of the self-processing region. The present study also further clarified the priority in SPE processing and role of the SPE within the real spatial domain.

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The thickness of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex predicts the prior-entry effect for allocentric representation in near space

Huang

¹

,

Wang

²

,

Tang

³

et al. 2022

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Neuropsychological studies have demonstrated that the preferential processing of near-space and egocentric representation is associated with the self-prioritization effect (SPE). However, relatively little is known concerning whether the SPE is superior to the representation of egocentric frames or near-space processing in the interaction between spatial reference frames and spatial domains. The present study adopted the variant of the shape-label matching task (i.e., color-label) to establish an SPE, combined with a spatial reference frame judgment task, to examine how the SPE leads to preferential processing of near-space or egocentric representations. Surface-based morphometry analysis was also adopted to extract the cortical thickness of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) to examine whether it could predict differences in the SPE at the behavioral level. The results showed a significant SPE, manifested as the response of self-associated color being faster than that of stranger-associated color. Additionally, the SPE showed a preference for near-space processing, followed by egocentric representation. More importantly, the thickness of the vmPFC could predict the difference in the SPE on reference frames, particularly in the left frontal pole cortex and bilateral rostral anterior cingulate cortex. These findings indicated that the SPE showed a prior entry effect for information at the spatial level relative to the reference frame level, providing evidence to support the structural significance of the self-processing region.

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The influence of location, ownership, and the presence of a coactor on the processing of objects.

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Towards the boundaries of self-prioritization: Associating the self with asymmetric shapes disrupts the self-prioritization effect.

Towards the boundaries of self-prioritization: Associating the self with asymmetric shapes disrupts the self-prioritization effect.

The thickness of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) predicts the self-prioritization effect (SPE) on the interaction between spatial reference frames and spatial domains

The thickness of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex predicts the prior-entry effect for allocentric representation in near space

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