I don't feel sick: Cognitive and affective processing of self-health associations using the Implicit Association Test.

ABSTRACT: Measuring implicit associations of self-concept with health or illness attributes may offer valuable insight into the mechanisms entailing the perception of one's own health, as explicit measures of self-reported health are usually influenced by social desirability or response bias. In this study, healthy participants performed a modified version of the implicit association test (IAT) investigating implicit associations between the self and either health or illness related representations. Behaviorally, implicit associations dominated for self-health pairing, and their strength was inversely correlated with depressive traits. Neurally, concomitant EEG recording showed significant modulations of the P1, LPP, and N4 components evoked by such pairings, suggesting a facilitation of sensory res

SUBMITTER: Tipura E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11686928 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature