Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Haifa.
Psychol Sci. 2022 Mar;33(3):424-432. doi: 10.1177/09567976211042008. Epub 2022 Feb 17.
Attachment security has consistently been found to correlate with relaxed exploration, openness, and mindful attention to incoming information. The present studies explored whether contextually infusing a sense of attachment security (security priming) can improve hearing in young and older adults. In Study 1, participants (29 young, 30 older) performed a standardized pure-tone audiometric-thresholds test twice. In the security-priming condition, a picture of a participant's security-enhancing figure was presented throughout the task. In the control condition, a picture of an unknown person (matched in sex, age, and facial expression) was used as a neutral prime. Study 2 (14 young, 14 older) was almost identical, except that it was preregistered and the neutral prime was a circle. In both studies, participants performed better (had lower hearing thresholds) in the security-priming condition. The current study is the first to show that attachment security improves sensory perception, and these results have meaningful implications for theory and clinical hearing tests.
依恋安全性一直与放松的探索、开放和对传入信息的正念注意相关。本研究探讨了在情境中注入依恋安全性意识（安全启动）是否可以改善年轻人和老年人的听力。在研究 1 中，参与者（29 名年轻人，30 名老年人）两次进行了标准化纯音听力阈值测试。在安全启动条件下，参与者的增强安全的人物图片在整个任务中呈现。在控制条件下，使用一张不认识的人的图片（在性别、年龄和面部表情上匹配）作为中性启动。研究 2（14 名年轻人，14 名老年人）几乎相同，只是它是预先注册的，中性启动是一个圆圈。在这两项研究中，参与者在安全启动条件下表现更好（听力阈值更低）。本研究首次表明，依恋安全性可以改善感觉感知，这些结果对理论和临床听力测试具有重要意义。
