Inclined to see it your way: do altercentric intrusion effects in visual perspective taking reflect an intrinsically social process?

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Nielsen, M., Slade, L., Levy, J. and Holmes, A. 2015. Inclined to see it your way: do altercentric intrusion effects in visual perspective taking reflect an intrinsically social process? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 68 (10), pp. 1931-1951. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1023206
AuthorsNielsen, M., Slade, L., Levy, J. and Holmes, A.
Abstract

It has been suggested that some aspects of mental state understanding recruit a rudimentary, but fast and efficient, processing system, demonstrated by the obligatory slowing down of judgements about what the self can see when this is incongruent with what another can see. We tested the social nature of this system by investigating to what extent these altercentric intrusions are elicited under conditions that differed in their social relevance and, further, how these related to self-reported social perspective taking and empathy (Davis, 1983). In Experiment 1, adult participants were asked to make ‘self’ or ‘other’ perspective-taking judgements during congruent (‘self’ and ‘other’ can see the same items) or incongruent conditions (‘self’ and ‘other’ cannot see the same items) in conditions that were social (i.e., involving a social agent), semi-social (an arrow) or non-social (a dual-coloured block). Reaction time indices of altercentric intrusion effects were present across all conditions, but were significantly stronger for the social compared to the less social conditions. Self-reported perspective taking and empathy correlated with altercentric intrusion effects in the social condition only. In Experiment 2, the significant correlations for the social condition were replicated, but this time with gaze duration indices of altercentric intrusion effects. Findings are discussed with regard to the degree to which this rudimentary system is socially specialized and how it is linked to more conceptual understanding.

Year2015
JournalQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Journal citation68 (10), pp. 1931-1951
PublisherTaylor & Francis
ISSN1747-0218
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1023206
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Online07 Apr 2015
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Deposited15 Mar 2017
Accepted18 Feb 2015
Accepted author manuscript
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