The standard and reversed attentional boost effects in a joint action task.

The attentional boost effect (ABE) refers to a phenomenon wherein heightened attention to target detection in dual-task paradigms enhances memory performance for target-associated items. While the standard ABE has been extensively investigated in individual settings with self-relevant targets, it re...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 14 - 27
Autores principales: Yan, Jiaying, Feng, Jia-jia, Lai, Tingting, Jia, Lei, Wang, Xiaoqing
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2026
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          https://ror.org/01vevwk45 Department of Psychology, School of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Room 320, #17 Building, #688 Yingbin Rd, 321004, Jinhua City, People's Republic of China
          Intelligent Laboratory of Zhejiang Province in Mental Health and Crisis Intervention for Children and Adolescents, 321004, Jinhua, People's Republic of China
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        Task performance
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        Attentional boost effects (ABE)
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        Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology
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      ab: The attentional boost effect (ABE) refers to a phenomenon wherein heightened attention to target detection in dual-task paradigms enhances memory performance for target-associated items. While the standard ABE has been extensively investigated in individual settings with self-relevant targets, it remains unclear whether the ABE persists or modulates in dyadic interactions involving both self-relevant and partner-relevant targets. To address this gap, we employed a mixed experimental design using lexical materials. Three groups were recruited to perform a typical ABE test using the same stimuli, including a single-person group for the standard ABE test, a dyadic baseline group (consisting of one true participant and one confederate), and a dyadic experimental group (composed of two true participants). As results, we observed a standard ABE for self-relevant targets (characterized by significantly higher d-prime scores for self-target items compared with distractor items) among all three groups, with no significant differences between the groups. Moreover, both the dyadic baseline group and the dyadic experimental group exhibited a reversed ABE for partner-target items (characterized by significantly lower d-prime scores for partner-target items compared with distractor items). These findings not only validate the ABE triggered by self-targets but also present, for the first time, a reversed ABE driven by spontaneous co-representation of partner targets. Consequently, the self-referential and actor/agent co-representation mechanisms underlying the standard and reversed ABEs are discussed.
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