He Liguo, Han Wei, Shi Zhan
School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 16;12:562359. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.562359. eCollection 2021.
The self-reference effect (SRE) refers to better memory for self-relevant than for other-relevant information. Generally, the SRE is found in conditions in which links between the stimuli and the self are forged in the encoding phase. To investigate the possibility that such conditions are not prerequisites for the SRE, this research developed two conditions by using two recognition tasks involving abstract geometric shapes (AGSs). One was the cue-in-encoding condition in which self- and other-cues were presented to construct links with AGSs during the encoding phase, and the other was the cue-in-retrieval condition in which self- and other-cues were presented to construct links with AGSs during the retrieval phase. The SRE was found in both conditions. The findings reveal that self-cues merely presented during the retrieval phase are sufficient to induce the SRE. Links between the stimuli and the self constructed during the encoding phase may not be necessary prerequisites for the SRE.
自我参照效应（SRE）是指对与自我相关的信息的记忆优于对与他人相关的信息的记忆。一般来说，自我参照效应出现在刺激与自我之间的联系在编码阶段建立的情况下。为了研究这种情况并非自我参照效应的先决条件的可能性，本研究通过使用两个涉及抽象几何形状（AGS）的识别任务开发了两种情况。一种是编码时提示条件，即在编码阶段呈现自我和他人提示以与AGS建立联系，另一种是检索时提示条件，即在检索阶段呈现自我和他人提示以与AGS建立联系。在这两种情况下都发现了自我参照效应。研究结果表明，仅在检索阶段呈现的自我提示足以诱发自我参照效应。在编码阶段建立的刺激与自我之间的联系可能不是自我参照效应的必要先决条件。
