title: Noticing the self: Implicit assessment of self-focused attention using word recognition latencies
creator: Eichstaedt, Dr Jan
creator: Silvia, Dr Paul J.
subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social Psychology
description: Self-focused attention is difficult to measure. Two studies developed an implicit measure of self-focus based on word recognition latencies. Self-focused attention activates self-content, so self-focused people should recognize self-relevant words more quickly. Study 1 measured individual-differences in self-focused attention. People scoring high in private self-consciousness recognized self-relevant words more quickly. Study 2 manipulated objective self-awareness with a writing task. People who wrote about distinctive self-aspects (high self-awareness) recognized self-relevant words more quickly compared to people who wrote about a neutral topic (low self-awareness) and people who did no writing (control). The discussion considers implications for future research on self-focused attention.
date: 2003
type: Preprint
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/3272/1/04_Social_Cognition%2C_Noticing_the_Self.pdf
identifier:   Eichstaedt, Dr Jan and Silvia, Dr Paul J.  (2003) Noticing the self: Implicit assessment of self-focused attention using word recognition latencies.  [Preprint]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/3272/