Does self-construal shape automatic social attention?
PLoS One
; 16(2): e0246577, 2021.
Article
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| ID: mdl-33566804
ABSTRACT
We examined whether activating independent or interdependent self-construal modulates attention shifting in response to group gaze cues. European Canadians (Study 1) and East Asian Canadians (Study 2) primed with independence vs. interdependence completed a multi-gaze cueing task with a central face gazing left or right, flanked by multiple background faces that either matched or mismatched the direction of the foreground gaze. Results showed that European Canadians (Study 1) mostly ignored background gaze cues and were uninfluenced by the self-construal primes. However, East Asian Canadians (Study 2), who have cultural backgrounds relevant to both independence and interdependence, showed different attention patterns by prime those primed with interdependence were more distracted by mismatched (vs. matched) background gaze cues, whereas there was no change for those primed with independence. These findings suggest activating an interdependent self-construal modulates social attention mechanisms to attend broadly, but only for those who may find these representations meaningful.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
PLoS One
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article