title: Self-construal priming affects speed of retrieval from short-term memory.
abstract: We investigated the effects of collective or individual self-construal priming on recall in a short-term memory (STM) task. We primed participants to either their individual or their collective self-construals or a neutral control condition. Participants then completed a STM retrieval task using either random or patterned digit strings. Findings revealed that priming an individual self-construal resulted in faster retrieval of information from STM for both stimulus types. These results indicate that individual self-accessibility improves retrieval speed of digits from STM, regardless of set configuration. More broadly, the present findings extend prior research by adding further evidence of the effects of self-construal priming on cognitive information processing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA. jmacd@nmsu.edu
authors.forename: Justin A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sandry
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011939:Mental Recall; D011930:Reaction Time; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult