Individualism-collectivism and interpersonal memory guidance of attention

Authors: He, X., Sebanz, N., Sui, J. and Humphreys, G.W.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volume: 54

Pages: 102-114

eISSN: 1096-0465

ISSN: 0022-1031

DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.010

Abstract:

Recently it has been shown that the allocation of attention by a participant in a visual search task can be affected by memory items that have to be maintained by a co-actor, when similar tasks are jointly engaged by dyads (He, Lever, & Humphreys, 2011). In the present study we examined the contribution of individualism-collectivism to this 'interpersonal memory guidance' effect. Actors performed visual search while a preview image was either held by the critical participant, held by a co-actor or was irrelevant to either participant. Attention during search was attracted to stimuli that matched the contents of the co-actor's memory. This interpersonal effect correlated with the collectivism scores, and was enhanced by priming with a collectivistic scenario. The dimensions of individualism, however, did not contribute to performance. These data suggest that collectivism, but not individualism, modulates interpersonal influences on memory and attention in joint action.© 2014.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21251/

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Individualism-collectivism and interpersonal memory guidance of attention

Authors: He, X., Sebanz, N., Sui, J. and Humphreys, G.W.

Journal: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Volume: 54

Pages: 102-114

eISSN: 1096-0465

ISSN: 0022-1031

DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.010

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21251/

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Individualism-collectivism and interpersonal memory guidance of attention

Authors: He, X., Sebanz, N., Sui, J. and Humphreys, G.W.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volume: 54

Pages: 102-114

DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.010

Abstract:

Recently it has been shown that the allocation of attention by a participant in a visual search task can be affected by memory items that have to be maintained by a co-actor, when similar tasks are jointly engaged by dyads (He, Lever, & Humphreys, 2011). In the present study we examined the contribution of individualism-collectivism to this ‘interpersonal memory guidance’ effect. Actors performed visual search while a preview image was either held by the critical participant, held by a co-actor or was irrelevant to either participant. Attention during search was attracted to stimuli that matched the contents of the co-actor’s memory. This interpersonal effect correlated with the collectivism scores, and was enhanced by priming with a collectivistic scenario. The dimensions of individualism, however, did not contribute to performance. These data suggest that collectivism, but not individualism, modulates interpersonal influences on memory and attention in joint action.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21251/

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Individualism-collectivism and interpersonal memory guidance of attention

Authors: He, X., Sebanz, N., Sui, J. and Humphreys, G.W.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volume: 54

Pages: 102-114

Abstract:

Recently it has been shown that the allocation of attention by a participant in a visual search task can be affected by memory items that have to be maintained by a co-actor, when similar tasks are jointly engaged by dyads (He, Lever, & Humphreys, 2011). In the present study we examined the contribution of individualism-collectivism to this ‘interpersonal memory guidance’ effect. Actors performed visual search while a preview image was either held by the critical participant, held by a co-actor or was irrelevant to either participant. Attention during search was attracted to stimuli that matched the contents of the co-actor’s memory. This interpersonal effect correlated with the collectivism scores, and was enhanced by priming with a collectivistic scenario. The dimensions of individualism, however, did not contribute to performance. These data suggest that collectivism, but not individualism, modulates interpersonal influences on memory and attention in joint action.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21251/

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