TY - JOUR
T1 - Individualism-collectivism and interpersonal memory guidance of attention
AU - He, Xun
AU - Sebanz, Natalie
AU - Sui, Jie
AU - Humphreys, Glyn W.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Recently it has been shown that the allocation of attention by a participant in a visual search task can be affected by memory items that have to be maintained by a co-actor, when similar tasks are jointly engaged by dyads (He, Lever, & Humphreys, 2011). In the present study we examined the contribution of individualism-collectivism to this 'interpersonal memory guidance' effect. Actors performed visual search while a preview image was either held by the critical participant, held by a co-actor or was irrelevant to either participant. Attention during search was attracted to stimuli that matched the contents of the co-actor's memory. This interpersonal effect correlated with the collectivism scores, and was enhanced by priming with a collectivistic scenario. The dimensions of individualism, however, did not contribute to performance. These data suggest that collectivism, but not individualism, modulates interpersonal influences on memory and attention in joint action.
AB - Recently it has been shown that the allocation of attention by a participant in a visual search task can be affected by memory items that have to be maintained by a co-actor, when similar tasks are jointly engaged by dyads (He, Lever, & Humphreys, 2011). In the present study we examined the contribution of individualism-collectivism to this 'interpersonal memory guidance' effect. Actors performed visual search while a preview image was either held by the critical participant, held by a co-actor or was irrelevant to either participant. Attention during search was attracted to stimuli that matched the contents of the co-actor's memory. This interpersonal effect correlated with the collectivism scores, and was enhanced by priming with a collectivistic scenario. The dimensions of individualism, however, did not contribute to performance. These data suggest that collectivism, but not individualism, modulates interpersonal influences on memory and attention in joint action.
KW - Attention
KW - Individualism-collectivism
KW - Interpersonal processes
KW - Priming
KW - Working memory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84900799817&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84900799817
SN - 0022-1031
VL - 54
SP - 102
EP - 114
JO - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
ER -