Self-esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self-relevant stimuli: Evidence from event-related brain potentials
Previous studies have widely shown that self-esteem modulates the attention bias towards social rejection or emotion-related information. However, little is known about the influences of self-esteem on attention bias towards self-relevant stimuli. We aimed to investigate neural correlates that under...
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| description | Previous studies have widely shown that self-esteem modulates the attention bias towards social rejection or emotion-related information. However, little is known about the influences of self-esteem on attention bias towards self-relevant stimuli. We aimed to investigate neural correlates that underlie the modulation effect of self-esteem on self-relevant processing. Event-related potentials were recorded for subjects’ own names and close others’ names (the names of their friends) while subjects performed a three-stimulus oddball task. The results showed larger P2 amplitudes for one’s own name than for close-other’s name in the low self-esteem group, whereas this P2 effect were not observed in the high self-esteem group. In addition, one’s own name elicited equivalent N250 amplitudes and larger P3 amplitudes compared with close-other’s name in both high and low self-esteem groups. However, no interaction effects were observed between self-esteem and self-relevant processing in the N250 and P3 components. Thus, we found that the modulation effects of self-esteem on self-relevant processing occurred at the early P2 stage, but not at the later N250 and P3 stages. These findings reflect that individuals with low self-esteem demonstrate automatic attention towards their own names. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a11eb80994f84a9f8afe8477aadacc5a2022-12-22T03:16:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612015-06-01910.3389/fnhum.2015.00376131776Self-esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self-relevant stimuli: Evidence from event-related brain potentialsJie eChen0Qing eShui1Yiping eZhong2Hunan normal universityChongqing University of Posts and TelecomHunan normal universityPrevious studies have widely shown that self-esteem modulates the attention bias towards social rejection or emotion-related information. However, little is known about the influences of self-esteem on attention bias towards self-relevant stimuli. We aimed to investigate neural correlates that underlie the modulation effect of self-esteem on self-relevant processing. Event-related potentials were recorded for subjects’ own names and close others’ names (the names of their friends) while subjects performed a three-stimulus oddball task. The results showed larger P2 amplitudes for one’s own name than for close-other’s name in the low self-esteem group, whereas this P2 effect were not observed in the high self-esteem group. In addition, one’s own name elicited equivalent N250 amplitudes and larger P3 amplitudes compared with close-other’s name in both high and low self-esteem groups. However, no interaction effects were observed between self-esteem and self-relevant processing in the N250 and P3 components. Thus, we found that the modulation effects of self-esteem on self-relevant processing occurred at the early P2 stage, but not at the later N250 and P3 stages. These findings reflect that individuals with low self-esteem demonstrate automatic attention towards their own names.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00376/fullERPLow self-esteemP2P3subject’s own namehigh self-esteem |
| spellingShingle | Jie eChen Qing eShui Yiping eZhong Self-esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self-relevant stimuli: Evidence from event-related brain potentials Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ERP Low self-esteem P2 P3 subject’s own name high self-esteem |
| title | Self-esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self-relevant stimuli: Evidence from event-related brain potentials |
| title_full | Self-esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self-relevant stimuli: Evidence from event-related brain potentials |
| title_fullStr | Self-esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self-relevant stimuli: Evidence from event-related brain potentials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self-relevant stimuli: Evidence from event-related brain potentials |
| title_short | Self-esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self-relevant stimuli: Evidence from event-related brain potentials |
| title_sort | self esteem modulates automatic attentional responses to self relevant stimuli evidence from event related brain potentials |
| topic | ERP Low self-esteem P2 P3 subject’s own name high self-esteem |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00376/full |
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