Svensson et al. (2022), Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology — self-relevance modulates attentional processing (narrowing of visual attention / executive control) even for arbitrary stimuli

Claim: Svensson et al. (2022), Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: self-relevance modulates attentional processing (narrowing of visual attention / executive control) even for arbitrary stimuli.

Source: Svensson et al. (2022), QJEP.

Confidence: Verified.

Why this matters for Candid: Extends Symons & Johnson (1997) meta-analysis — self-reference effect: information encoded in relation to the self is better recalled; the self is a well-developed elaboration construct from memory to attention. Self-relevant information grabs attention pre-consciously, which is why a personalized output on a calculator feels qualitatively different to look at than a generic price page.