The power of our names, faces, and the self-reference effect: is there more than meets the eye?
In mythological tales, our names and facial images are often gifted a quasi-magical power. When psychologists use these self-representations (or even items we simply imagine are ‘me/mine’) as stimuli in experimental tasks, studies have shown that our perception, memory, decision-making, and actions...
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Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group
2019
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