Amd, Micah (2014) Relative shifts in frontal alpha asymmetry and the transformation of evaluative functions. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68 (4). p. 255. ISSN 1196-1961
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Recent studies have demonstrated evaluative functions transform across relational networks along electrophysiological, self-reported and “implicit” measures of verbal behavior. The current experiment expands on this work by presenting the subjects’ own name(s) and face(s) as compounded member(s) within a seven-member comparative network, where X>happy A>happy B >happy OWN-NAME>happy D>happy E>happy Y. Following tests for mutual and combinatorial entailment, baseline vs. post-relational comparisons demonstrated that evaluations of formerly novel stimuli transformed significantly in the predicted directions. Specifically, stimulus A was consistently responded to as happier-than stimulus E relative to baseline across all levels of observation, with the valences of intermediate (i.e., non-anchored) members falling along the predicted 'valence' gradient. Interestingly, only the valence of the 'self' (C') stimulus appeared unaffected by the contextually-controlled conditional discrimination training and testing.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Micah Ahmad |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2020 23:19 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2020 23:19 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12112 |
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