A pre-existing self-referential anchor is not necessary for self-prioritisation.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103362
Abstract: Self-prioritisation effect (SPE) has consistently occurred in perceptual matching tasks in which neutral stimuli are paired with familiar labels representing different identities (e.g., triangle-Self, square-Friend). Participants are faster and more accurate at judging self-related shape-label… read more here.
Keywords: pre existing; existing self; self prioritisation; self referential ... See more keywords
Understanding self-prioritisation: the prioritisation of self-relevant stimuli and its relation to the individual self-esteem
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DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2019.1686393
Abstract: ABSTRACT There is an ongoing debate about the way self-relevant stimuli guide us through everyday perception. A new measurement of self-relevance effects, the self-prioritisation effect (SPE), allows for an assessment of self-effects independent of material… read more here.
Keywords: self relevant; self prioritisation; self; relevant stimuli ... See more keywords