Rodin has it!
- We report a new discovery on the role of hands in guiding attention, using the classic Stroop effect as our assay. We show that the Stroop effect diminishes, hence selective attention improves, when observers hold their chin, emulating Rodin's famous sculpture, "The Thinker." In two experiments we show that the Rodin posture improves the selectivity of attention as efficiently as holding the hands nearby the visual stimulus (the near-hands effect). Because spatial proximity to the displayed stimulus is neither present nor intended, the presence of the Rodin effect implies that attentional prioritization by the hands is not limited to the space between the hands.
| Author details: | Tatiana HatukaiORCiD, Daniel AlgomORCiD, Martin H. FischerORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103160 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6918 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6297 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32823058 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Acta psychologica : international journal of psychonomics |
| Subtitle (English): | the role of hands in improving the selectivity of attention |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Place of publishing: | Amsterdam [u.a.] |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2020/08/18 |
| Publication year: | 2020 |
| Release date: | 2023/06/09 |
| Tag: | Rodin posture; attention; embodied cognition; stroop-effect |
| Volume: | 210 |
| Article number: | 103160 |
| Number of pages: | 6 |
| Funding institution: | Israel Science FoundationIsrael Science Foundation [ISF-274-15] |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | DOAJ gelistet |
