Virtually simulated social pressure influences early visual processing more in low compared to high autonomous participants
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Virtually simulated social pressure influences early visual processing more in low compared to high autonomous participants. / Trautmann-Lengsfeld, Sina Alexa; Herrmann, Christoph Siegfried.
In: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2014, p. 124-35.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Virtually simulated social pressure influences early visual processing more in low compared to high autonomous participants
AU - Trautmann-Lengsfeld, Sina Alexa
AU - Herrmann, Christoph Siegfried
N1 - Copyright © 2013 Society for Psychophysiological Research.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In a previous study, we showed that virtually simulated social group pressure could influence early stages of perception after only 100 ms. In the present EEG study, we investigated the influence of social pressure on visual perception in participants with high (HA) and low (LA) levels of autonomy. Ten HA and ten LA individuals were asked to accomplish a visual discrimination task in an adapted paradigm of Solomon Asch. Results indicate that LA participants adapted to the incorrect group opinion more often than HA participants (42% vs. 30% of the trials, respectively). LA participants showed a larger posterior P1 component contralateral to targets presented in the right visual field when conforming to the correct compared to conforming to the incorrect group decision. In conclusion, our ERP data suggest that the group context can have early effects on our perception rather than on conscious decision processes in LA, but not HA participants.
AB - In a previous study, we showed that virtually simulated social group pressure could influence early stages of perception after only 100 ms. In the present EEG study, we investigated the influence of social pressure on visual perception in participants with high (HA) and low (LA) levels of autonomy. Ten HA and ten LA individuals were asked to accomplish a visual discrimination task in an adapted paradigm of Solomon Asch. Results indicate that LA participants adapted to the incorrect group opinion more often than HA participants (42% vs. 30% of the trials, respectively). LA participants showed a larger posterior P1 component contralateral to targets presented in the right visual field when conforming to the correct compared to conforming to the incorrect group decision. In conclusion, our ERP data suggest that the group context can have early effects on our perception rather than on conscious decision processes in LA, but not HA participants.
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Personal Autonomy
KW - Psychomotor Performance
KW - Self Concept
KW - Social Environment
KW - User-Computer Interface
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1111/psyp.12161
DO - 10.1111/psyp.12161
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 24313603
VL - 51
SP - 124
EP - 135
JO - PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
JF - PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
SN - 0048-5772
IS - 2
ER -