Need for cognition relates to low-level visual performance in a metacontrast masking paradigm

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• 作者：Monika Fleischhauer ; Robert Miller ; S枚ren Enge ; Thorsten Albrecht
• 关键词：Need for cognition ; Cognitive motivation ; Metacontrast masking ; Early visual perception ; Information processing
• 刊名：Journal of Research in Personality
• 出版年：February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：48
• 期：Complete
• 页码：45-50
• 全文大小：539 K

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Need for cognition (NFC) refers to dispositional differences in cognitive motivation and has been frequently found to predict higher-order cognition, such as attitude formation and decision making. Based on recent evidence, this study examined whether NFC already relates to relatively early perceptual processes. Using a metacontrast masking paradigm (N = 137), we found that high-NFC individuals were more likely to use target-specific perceptual cues providing valid information for target discrimination, while low-NFC individuals were more likely to use less reliable heuristic cues for their judgement. Intriguingly, our results suggest that core mechanisms of NFC (focussed/elaborative vs. peripheral/heuristic processing by differential utilization of environmental cues) can not only be found in reflective higher-order cognition, but similarly in behavioral indicators of early visual processing.