Cross-modal self-recognition: the role of visual, auditory, and olfactory primes.
Three priming experiments were conducted to determine how information about the self from different sensory modalities/cognitive domains affects self-face recognition. Being exposed to your body odor, seeing your name, and hearing your name all facilitated self-face recognition in a reaction time task. No similar cross-modal facilitation was found among stimuli from familiar or novel individuals. The finding of a left-hand advantage for self-face recognition was replicated when no primes were presented. These data, along with other recent results suggest the brain processes/represents information about the self in highly integrated ways.
Platek
Steven M
SM
Department of Psychology, Drexel University, 245 N 15th Street, Mail Stop 626, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Steven.M.Platek@drexel.edu
Thomson
Jaime W
JW
Gallup
Gordon G
GG
D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003243:Consciousness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D009812:Odorants; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D019455:Self Psychology; D012903:Smell; D014796:Visual Perception