Dissociating biases towards the self and positive emotion

Authors: Stolte, M., Humphreys, G., Yankouskaya, A. and Sui, J.

Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volume: 70

Issue: 6

Pages: 1011-1022

eISSN: 1747-0226

ISSN: 1747-0218

DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1101477

Abstract:

We examined whether self-biases in perceptual matching reflect the positive valence of self-related stimuli. Participants associated geometric shapes with either personal labels (e.g., you, friend, stranger) or faces with different emotional expressions (e.g., happy, neutral, sad). They then judged whether shape–label or shape–face pairs were as originally shown or re-paired. Match times were faster to self-associated stimuli and to stimuli associated with the most positive valence. In addition, both the self-bias and the positive emotion bias were reliable across individuals in different test sessions. In contrast there was no sign of a correlation between the self-bias and the emotion-bias effects. We argue that self-bias and the bias to stimuli linked to positive emotion are separate and may reflect different underlying processes.

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Dissociating biases towards the self and positive emotion.

Authors: Stolte, M., Humphreys, G., Yankouskaya, A. and Sui, J.

Journal: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)

Volume: 70

Issue: 6

Pages: 1011-1022

eISSN: 1747-0226

DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1101477

Abstract:

We examined whether self-biases in perceptual matching reflect the positive valence of self-related stimuli. Participants associated geometric shapes with either personal labels (e.g., you, friend, stranger) or faces with different emotional expressions (e.g., happy, neutral, sad). They then judged whether shape-label or shape-face pairs were as originally shown or re-paired. Match times were faster to self-associated stimuli and to stimuli associated with the most positive valence. In addition, both the self-bias and the positive emotion bias were reliable across individuals in different test sessions. In contrast there was no sign of a correlation between the self-bias and the emotion-bias effects. We argue that self-bias and the bias to stimuli linked to positive emotion are separate and may reflect different underlying processes.

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Dissociating biases towards the self and positive emotion

Authors: Stolte, M., Humphreys, G., Yankouskaya, A. and Sui, J.

Journal: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Volume: 70

Issue: 6

Pages: 1011-1022

eISSN: 1747-0226

ISSN: 1747-0218

DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1101477

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Dissociating biases towards the self and positive emotion

Authors: Stolte, M., Humphreys, G., Yankouskaya, A. and Sui, J.

Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volume: 70

Issue: 6

Pages: 1011-1022

eISSN: 1747-0226

ISSN: 1747-0218

DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1101477

Abstract:

© 2016 The Experimental Psychology Society. We examined whether self-biases in perceptual matching reflect the positive valence of self-related stimuli. Participants associated geometric shapes with either personal labels (e.g., you, friend, stranger) or faces with different emotional expressions (e.g., happy, neutral, sad). They then judged whether shape–label or shape–face pairs were as originally shown or re-paired. Match times were faster to self-associated stimuli and to stimuli associated with the most positive valence. In addition, both the self-bias and the positive emotion bias were reliable across individuals in different test sessions. In contrast there was no sign of a correlation between the self-bias and the emotion-bias effects. We argue that self-bias and the bias to stimuli linked to positive emotion are separate and may reflect different underlying processes.

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Dissociating biases towards the self and positive emotion.

Authors: Stolte, M., Humphreys, G., Yankouskaya, A. and Sui, J.

Journal: Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)

Volume: 70

Issue: 6

Pages: 1011-1022

eISSN: 1747-0226

ISSN: 1747-0218

DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1101477

Abstract:

We examined whether self-biases in perceptual matching reflect the positive valence of self-related stimuli. Participants associated geometric shapes with either personal labels (e.g., you, friend, stranger) or faces with different emotional expressions (e.g., happy, neutral, sad). They then judged whether shape-label or shape-face pairs were as originally shown or re-paired. Match times were faster to self-associated stimuli and to stimuli associated with the most positive valence. In addition, both the self-bias and the positive emotion bias were reliable across individuals in different test sessions. In contrast there was no sign of a correlation between the self-bias and the emotion-bias effects. We argue that self-bias and the bias to stimuli linked to positive emotion are separate and may reflect different underlying processes.

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