Perceptual effects of social salience: Evidence from self-prioritization effects on perceptual matching

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1105-1117

  Sui, Jie ^a,b   He, Xun ^c   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; Learning; Perception; Reward; Self prioritization; Self relevance; Self representation; Shape recognition; Social salience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874441412     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029792     Document Type: Article

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