An emerging literature has suggested that self-relevance automatically enhances stimulus
processing (ie, the self-prioritization effect). Specifically, during shape–label matching tasks …

Such is the power of self-relevance, it has been argued that even arbitrary stimuli (eg,
shapes, lines, colors) with no prior personal connection are privileged during information …

Personally relevant stimuli exert a powerful influence on social cognition. What is not yet
fully understood, however, is how early in the processing stream self-relevance influences …

Recent research has revealed a pervasive bias for self-relevant information during decision-
making, a phenomenon termed the self-prioritization effect. Focusing almost exclusively on …

A multitude of studies demonstrate that self-relevant stimuli influence attention. Self-owned
objects are a special class of self-relevant stimuli. If a self-owned object can indeed be …

A stable self-representation has an intrinsically beneficial connotation for information
processing: it allows the individual to flexibly adapt to different contexts, while prioritizing …

Although ownership is acknowledged to exert a potent influence on various aspects of
information processing, the origin of these effects remains largely unknown. Based on the …

People display systematic priorities to self-related stimuli. As the self is not a unified entity,
however, it remains unclear which aspects of the self are crucial to producing this stimulus …

People encounter intertemporal decisions every day and often engage in behaviors that are
not good for their future. One factor that may explain these decisions is the perception of …

Research has demonstrated that possession exerts a potent influence on stimulus
processing, such that objects are categorized more rapidly when owned-by-self than when …