title: Self-priorization processes in action and perception.
abstract: Recently, Sui, He, and Humphreys (2012) introduced a new paradigm to investigate prioritized processing of self-related information. In a balanced design, they arbitrarily assigned simple geometric shapes to the participant and 2 others. Subsequently, the task was to judge whether label-shape pairings matched. The authors found a remarkable self-prioritization effect, that is, for matching self-related trials verification was very fast and accurate in comparison to the other conditions. We tested the hypothesis that the self-priorization effect extends from perception-self links to action-self links. In particular, we assigned simple movements (i.e., up, down, left, right) to the participant, 2 others (i.e., the mother; a stranger), and a neutral label, respectively. In each trial participants executed a movement (triggered by a cue), which was followed by a briefly presented label. Participants had to judge whether label-movement pairings matched. In accordance with Sui et al. (2012) we found a remarkable self-prioritization effect, that is, for matching self-related trials verification was very fast and accurate in comparison to the other conditions.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Psychology, University of Trier.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frings
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Psychology, Saarland University.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wentura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult