An ERP study on the effect of self-relevant possessive pronoun

作者：Zhou, Aibao^*; Shi, Zhan; Zhang, Pengying; Liu, Peiru; Han, Wei; Wu, Huifen; Li, Qiong; Zuo, Quanshun; Xia, Ruixue

来源：Neuroscience Letters, 2010, 480(2): 162-166.

DOI：10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.033

• Self-referential processing
• Pre-reflective self
• Reflective self
• Self-specificity
• Possessive pronoun
• P300
• Event-related potential (ERP)

The present study examined the electrophysiological correlates of the psychological processing of possessive pronouns such as "wo de" (Chinese for "my"/"mine") and "ta de" (Chinese for "his") using a three-stimulus oddball paradigm. Sixteen participants were visually presented the stimuli (possessive pronouns, small circle and big circle). The results showed that, relative to non-self-relevant possessive pronoun "ta de", self-relevant possessive pronoun "wo de" elicited a significantly larger P300 amplitude independently. The present study suggested that the self-relevant possessive pronoun was psychologically important to human beings.

• 出版日期2010-8-16
• 单位西北师范大学