Orthogonal-compatibility effects confound automatic imitation: implications for measuring self–other distinction

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14740/17:00095169

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00426-016-0814-x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00426-016-0814-x</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00426-016-0814-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00426-016-0814-x</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Orthogonal-compatibility effects confound automatic imitation: implications for measuring self–other distinction

Original language description

Accurate distinction between self and other representations is fundamental to a range of social cognitive capacities, and understanding individual differences in this ability is an important aim for psychological research. This demands accurate measures of self–other distinction (SOD). The present study examined an experimental paradigm employed frequently to measure SOD in the action domain, specifically, we evaluated the rotated finger-action stimuli used increasingly to measure automatic imitation (AI). To assess the suitability of these stimuli, we compared AI elicited by different action stimuli to the performance on a perspective-taking task believed to measure SOD in the perception domain. In two separate experiments we reveal three important findings: firstly, we demonstrate a strong confounding influence of orthogonalcompatibility effects on AI elicited by certain rotated stimuli. Second, we demonstrate the potential for this confounding influence to mask important relationships between AI and other measures of SOD, we observed a relationship between AI and perspective-taking performance only when the former was measured in isolation of orthogonality compatibility. Thirdly, we observed a relationship between these two performance measures only in a sub-group of individuals exhibiting a pure form of AI.nFurthermore, this relationship revealed a self-bias in SOD—reduced AI was associated with increased egocentric misattributions in perspective taking. Together, our findings identify an important methodological consideration for measures of AI and extend previous research by showing an egocentric style of SOD across action and perception domains.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung

ISSN

0340-0727

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

81

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

1152-1165

UT code for WoS article

000413032800005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84991575844