TY - JOUR
T1 - On Stopping Yourself
T2 - Self-Relevance Facilitates Response Inhibition
AU - Golubickis, Marius
AU - Persson, Linn Maria
AU - Falben, Johanna Katariina
AU - Macrae, C. N.
PY - 2021/1/11
Y1 - 2021/1/11
N2 - It is well documented that stimuli associated with the self are easier to process than identical material paired with other people (i.e., self-prioritization effect). Surprisingly, however, relatively little is known about how self-relevance impacts core aspects of executive functioning, notably response inhibition. Accordingly, here we used a stop-signal task to establish how effectively responses toward self-relevant (vs. other-relevant) stimuli can intentionally be inhibited. In the context of personalpossession, participants were required to classify stimuli (i.e., pens & pencils) based on ownership (i.e., owned-by-self vs. owned-by-friend/stranger), unless an occasional auditory tone indicated that the response should be withheld. The results revealed the benefits of self-relevance on response inhibition.Compared with items owned by a friend or stranger, responses to self-owned objects were inhibited more efficiently. These findings confirm that self-relevance facilitates executive control.
AB - It is well documented that stimuli associated with the self are easier to process than identical material paired with other people (i.e., self-prioritization effect). Surprisingly, however, relatively little is known about how self-relevance impacts core aspects of executive functioning, notably response inhibition. Accordingly, here we used a stop-signal task to establish how effectively responses toward self-relevant (vs. other-relevant) stimuli can intentionally be inhibited. In the context of personalpossession, participants were required to classify stimuli (i.e., pens & pencils) based on ownership (i.e., owned-by-self vs. owned-by-friend/stranger), unless an occasional auditory tone indicated that the response should be withheld. The results revealed the benefits of self-relevance on response inhibition.Compared with items owned by a friend or stranger, responses to self-owned objects were inhibited more efficiently. These findings confirm that self-relevance facilitates executive control.
KW - self
KW - response inhibition
KW - ownership
KW - executive control
M3 - Article
JO - Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
JF - Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
SN - 1943-3921
ER -