P300 as an index of attention to self-relevant stimuli
P300 as an index of attention to self-relevant stimuli
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-1031(03)00092-1
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发表时间:
2004-03-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Deldin, P
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作者:
Gray, HM;Ambady, N;Deldin, P
Past work suggests that information related to the self receives 'preferential access' to the limited pool of attentional resources. However, these studies have been limited by their reliance on response-time measures, which require overt responding and represent the combined effects of multiple stages of information processing. One aim of the present study was to extend past work by obtaining a response-independent index of attention allocation sensitive to changes in discrete stages of information processing. An additional goal was to explore the potential time course of differential sensitivity to self-relevant cues. We assessed the P300, ail ERP component that provides an index of attentional resources, evoked by autobiographical self-relevant stimuli (e.g., one's own name). As expected, P300 was augmented for self-relevant stimuli relative to control stimuli. In addition, analyses of P300 latency indicate that the effects of self-relevance are present during higher-order stages of cognitive processing related to selective attention. These results complement and extend previous work on the role of self-relevance in the selection of material for further processing. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.