Korean Journal of Cognitive Science (인지과학)

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The Effect of task-irrelevant affective priming on belief-bias

과제 무관련 정서 점화가 신념편향에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2016.02.21
  • Accepted : 2017.02.28
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to investigate how task-irrelevant affective priming affects higher cognitive function. In the study, we selected prime stimuli from International Affective Picture System(IAPS) and examined if they influence participants' performance of syllogistic reasoning task when they are task-irrelevant. In Experiment 1, arousal of IAPS stimuli was controlled while valence of the stimuli was manipulated. In Experiment 2, valence of IAPS stimuli was controlled while arousal of stimuli was manipulated. In both experiments, task-irrelevant affective primes were followed by syllogistic reasoning tasks consisting of three sentences and measured accuracies of task performance. The results showed that valence of affective prime affected logical validity of reasoning and belief-bias whereas arousal of affective primes did not yield any difference. That is, positive valence facilitated logical and analytic processing by reducing belief-bias while arousal did not affect reasoning task performance. These results suggest that dimensions of valence and arousal independently influence higher cognitive function.

본 연구의 목적은 과제와 무관련한 정서 자극에 의한 점화가 고차인지과정에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 것이다. 보다 구체적으로 본 연구에서는 과제와 직접적으로 관련이 없는 정서 점화 자극이 삼단논법추론 과제의 수행에 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 실험 1에서는 점화 자극인 IAPS 사진의 정서차원을 통제하고 각성차원을 조작하였으며 실험 2에서는 IAPS 사진의 각성차원을 통제하고 정서차원을 조작하였다. 두 실험 모두에서 과제와 무관련한 정서 점화 자극이 제시된 뒤에 세 개의 문장으로 이루어진 삼단논법추론 과제가 제시되었으며 참가자들의 추론 정확률이 측정되었다. 점화 자극의 정서차원은 결론 문장의 타당성과 신념에 따른 신념편향(belief-bias)에 영향을 미쳤으나 점화 자극의 각성차원은 추론에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 특히 긍정정서는 신념 편향을 감소시켜 논리적, 분석적 처리를 향상 시켰으나 각성차원은 추론 과제 수행에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 이와 같은 결과는 정서차원과 각성차원이 고차인지능력에 독립적으로 영향을 미친다는 것을 보여준다.

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