Zhao Rui, Ren Xinyun, Liu Yan, Lee Yujun
Faculty of Geoscience and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 611756, People's Republic of China.
Department of Foreign Language and Culture, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, People's Republic of China.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2023 Aug 15;16:3237-3245. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S414136. eCollection 2023.
Waste sorting, as an embodiment of behavioral cognition, is regulated by two cognitive processes, namely, Categorization (C) and Category-Based Induction (CBI). This study employed the event-related potential (ERP) technique to assess whether there is a transformation between C and CBI in waste sorting cognition, in order to help individuals establish a correct waste sorting behavior. We reported a case of intervention in waste sorting education with a 58-year-old Chinese woman to discriminate whether such intervention facilitates the transition between C and CBI. The results showed that the waste sorting cognition follows a developmental model as C-CBI-C, where education may help the subject build a cognitive framework for waste sorting by altering inherent misperceptions and filling gaps in classification knowledge. The results also noticed that FN400 is identified as a characteristic waveform in the CBI process, by which it is indicated that the first 4 to 7 days of education is a critical period for establishing the cognitive framework. Through a comparison of the ERP waveforms at different stages of intervention, the results are insightful to help individuals improve their cognition of waste sorting.
垃圾分类作为行为认知的一种体现，受分类（C）和基于类别的归纳（CBI）这两种认知过程的调节。本研究采用事件相关电位（ERP）技术来评估在垃圾分类认知中C和CBI之间是否存在转变，以帮助个体建立正确的垃圾分类行为。我们报告了一例对一名58岁中国女性进行垃圾分类教育干预的案例，以判别这种干预是否促进C和CBI之间的转变。结果表明，垃圾分类认知遵循C - CBI - C的发展模式，其中教育可能通过改变固有误解和填补分类知识空白来帮助主体构建垃圾分类的认知框架。结果还发现，FN400被确定为CBI过程中的特征波形，由此表明教育的前4至7天是建立认知框架的关键时期。通过比较干预不同阶段的ERP波形，这些结果对于帮助个体提高其垃圾分类认知具有深刻见解。
