Self-bias modulates saccadic control.
We present novel data on the role of attention in eliciting enhanced processing of stimuli associated with self. Participants were required to make pro- or anti-saccades according to whether learned shape–label pairings matched or mismatched. When stimuli matched participants were required to make a...
| Published in: | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Vol. 70; no. 12; pp. 2577 - 2586 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Dec2017
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