Display options
Cite
Montalan B, Boitout A, Veujoz M, et al. Social identity-based motivation modulates attention bias toward negative information: an event-related brain potential study. Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2011;1:5892doi: 10.3402/snp.v1i0.5892.
Montalan, B., Boitout, A., Veujoz, M., Leleu, A., Germain, R., Personnaz, B., Lalonde, R., & Rebaï, M. (2011). Social identity-based motivation modulates attention bias toward negative information: an event-related brain potential study. Socioaffective neuroscience & psychology, 15892. https://doi.org/10.3402/snp.v1i0.5892
Montalan, Benoît, et al. "Social identity-based motivation modulates attention bias toward negative information: an event-related brain potential study." Socioaffective neuroscience & psychology vol. 1 (2011): 5892. doi: https://doi.org/10.3402/snp.v1i0.5892
Montalan B, Boitout A, Veujoz M, Leleu A, Germain R, Personnaz B, Lalonde R, Rebaï M. Social identity-based motivation modulates attention bias toward negative information: an event-related brain potential study. Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2011 Aug 24;1:5892. doi: 10.3402/snp.v1i0.5892. eCollection 2011. PMID: 24693339; PMCID: PMC3960023.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2011 Aug 24;1:5892. doi: 10.3402/snp.v1i0.5892. eCollection 2011.

Social identity-based motivation modulates attention bias toward negative information: an event-related brain potential study.

Socioaffective neuroscience & psychology

Benoît Montalan, Alexis Boitout, Mathieu Veujoz, Arnaud Leleu, Raymonde Germain, Bernard Personnaz, Robert Lalonde, Mohamed Rebaï

Affiliations

  1. Université de Rouen, Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurosciences de la Cognition et de l'Affectivité (PSY.NCA EA-4306), France.
  2. CNRS & EHESS, Paris, France.
  3. Université de Rouen, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Psychologie, France.

PMID: 24693339 PMCID: PMC3960023 DOI: 10.3402/snp.v1i0.5892

Abstract

Research has demonstrated that people readily pay more attention to negative than to positive and/or neutral stimuli. However, evidence from recent studies indicated that such an attention bias to negative information is not obligatory but sensitive to various factors. Two experiments using intergroup evaluative tasks (Study 1: a gender-related groups evaluative task and Study 2: a minimal-related groups evaluative task) was conducted to determine whether motivation to strive for a positive social identity - a part of one's self-concept - drives attention toward affective stimuli. Using the P1 component of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) as a neural index of attention, we confirmed that attention bias toward negative stimuli is not mandatory but it can depend on a motivational focus on affective outcomes. Results showed that social identity-based motivation is likely to bias attention toward affectively incongruent information. Thereby, early onset processes - reflected by the P1 component - appeared susceptible to top-down attentional influences induced by the individual's motivation to strive for a positive social identity.

Keywords: Intergroup relations; P1 component; affective stimuli; attention bias; motivation; social identity theory

References

  1. Mem Cognit. 2003 Apr;31(3):343-52 - PubMed
  2. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2006 Jun;90(6):944-60 - PubMed
  3. Int J Psychophysiol. 2001 May;41(1):75-85 - PubMed
  4. Int J Psychophysiol. 2000 Aug;37(2):135-47 - PubMed
  5. Clin Neurophysiol. 2004 May;115(5):1090-103 - PubMed
  6. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1998 Aug 29;353(1373):1257-70 - PubMed
  7. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2005 May;88(5):801-15 - PubMed
  8. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1991 Sep;61(3):380-91 - PubMed
  9. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1985 Nov;62(6):462-4 - PubMed
  10. Neuropsychologia. 1971 Mar;9(1):97-113 - PubMed
  11. Neuroreport. 1999 Sep 9;10(13):2755-62 - PubMed
  12. Br J Psychol. 1992 Nov;83 ( Pt 4):479-91 - PubMed
  13. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2000 Jun;78(6):1024-37 - PubMed
  14. Psychol Bull. 2001 Jul;127(4):520-42 - PubMed
  15. Neurosci Lett. 2006 May 1;398(1-2):91-6 - PubMed
  16. Neuroimage. 2004 Apr;21(4):1242-51 - PubMed
  17. Neurosci Lett. 2004 Feb 6;356(1):1-4 - PubMed
  18. Neuropsychologia. 2003;41(2):171-83 - PubMed
  19. Psychophysiology. 1995 Jan;32(1):4-18 - PubMed
  20. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2001 Mar;80(3):381-96 - PubMed
  21. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1994 Jun;66(6):1128-39 - PubMed
  22. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1969 Nov;13(3):269-77 - PubMed
  23. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2001 Feb;80(2):188-205 - PubMed
  24. J Abnorm Psychol. 1986 Feb;95(1):15-20 - PubMed
  25. Trends Cogn Sci. 2000 Nov 1;4(11):432-440 - PubMed
  26. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2009 Mar;9(1):28-43 - PubMed
  27. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1988 Jun;54(6):917-24 - PubMed
  28. J Cogn Neurosci. 2001 Nov 15;13(8):1109-28 - PubMed
  29. Psychol Bull. 1996 Jul;120(1):3-24 - PubMed
  30. Int J Psychophysiol. 2001 Aug;42(1):11-34 - PubMed
  31. Emotion. 2009 Oct;9(5):609-18 - PubMed
  32. Psychol Aging. 2002 Mar;17(1):140-60 - PubMed
  33. J Neurosci. 2007 Jan 31;27(5):1082-9 - PubMed
  34. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2006 Feb;90(2):210-20 - PubMed
  35. Behav Res Ther. 2008 Jul;46(7):799-810 - PubMed
  36. Brain Cogn. 1998 Feb;36(1):21-9 - PubMed
  37. Emotion. 2006 Feb;6(1):62-72 - PubMed
  38. Annu Rev Psychol. 2002;53:575-604 - PubMed
  39. Behav Res Ther. 1998 Apr;36(4):455-70 - PubMed
  40. Psychol Med. 2009 Jul;39(7):1141-52 - PubMed
  41. Behav Res Ther. 2006 Sep;44(9):1321-9 - PubMed
  42. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2006 Jul;32(7):957-69 - PubMed
  43. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1997 Aug;103(2):298-303 - PubMed
  44. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1998 Oct;75(4):887-900 - PubMed
  45. Biol Psychol. 2005 Feb;68(2):107-20 - PubMed
  46. Clin Psychol Rev. 2001 Jul;21(5):751-70 - PubMed
  47. Int J Psychophysiol. 2008 Jan;67(1):23-34 - PubMed
  48. Biol Psychol. 2009 Jan;80(1):95-104 - PubMed

Publication Types