The Effect Of Self-reference Cues On Inhibiton Of Return

Since the self is extracted from the part of the theory of psychology,it has always been the focus of attention of psychologists.In the study of many areas of self,self-reference effect(SRE)is a part of the results,and it founds that when stimuli or events are associated with the self,people have a faster response and a better memory effect.And this kind of self-related stimulus put the inhibition of return into the experimental paradigm,what the effect will be?In the inhibition of return paradigm,the result is a kind of inhibition,but the self-related stimulus is a kind of facilitate effect and the result of the combination is very worth looking forward to.This study contains two experiments,using clue-target stimulus research paradigm.Experiment 1,2(cue type: self name,"MoYan" / "Obama")× 2(cue location:cued,uncued)of the two factors within the design,to explore the effect of self-reference cue on return inhibition,and to show whether self-reference cue can contribute to return inhibition.It found that theresponse time of the self-reference cued was significantly faster than that of the non-self-reference at the ipsilateral level,that is,the self-reference effect.Experiment 2,4(cue type:self name,good friend,"Mo Yan" / "Obama",stranger)×2(cue location: cued,uncued)of the two factors within the design,and further exploration the impact on self-reference degree cues on inhibition of return.It was found that the response time of the self-reference cue type was significantly faster than that of the non-self-reference cue type at the same side,that is,the degree of self-reference effect appeared.The results show self-reference cues and cue positions have an interact effect on inhibition of return.Self-reference cues weaken the inhibition of return effect,and inhibition of return effect did not show a stable effect.The experimental results support the dual process theory of self-reference coding.