An ERP study on the effect of self-relevant possessive pronoun.
The present study examined the electrophysiological correlates of the psychological processing of possessive pronouns such as "wo de" (Chinese for "my"/"mine") and "ta de" (Chinese for "his") using a three-stimulus oddball paradigm. Sixteen participants were visually presented the stimuli (possessive pronouns, small circle and big circle). The results showed that, relative to non-self-relevant possessive pronoun "ta de", self-relevant possessive pronoun "wo de" elicited a significantly larger P300 amplitude independently. The present study suggested that the self-relevant possessive pronoun was psychologically important to human beings.
Zhou
Aibao
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Laboratory of Brain, Self and Society, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, PR China.
Shi
Zhan
Z
Zhang
Pengying
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Liu
Peiru
P
Han
Wei
W
Wu
Huifen
H
Li
Qiong
Q
Zuo
Quanshun
Q
Xia
Ruixue
R
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D018913:Event-Related Potentials, P300; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics