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The Effect of Self-Efficacy on Visual Discrimination Sensitivity
PLoS ONE, Volume: 9, Issue: 10, Start page: e109392
Swansea University Author: George Zacharopoulos
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DOI (Published version): 10.1371/journal.pone.0109392
Abstract
Can subjective belief about one's own perceptual competence change one's perception? To address this question, we investigated the influence of self-efficacy on sensory discrimination in two low-level visual tasks: contrast and orientation discrimination. We utilised a pre-post manipulatio...
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ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
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2014
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URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58967 |
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Can subjective belief about one's own perceptual competence change one's perception? To address this question, we investigated the influence of self-efficacy on sensory discrimination in two low-level visual tasks: contrast and orientation discrimination. We utilised a pre-post manipulation approach whereby two experimental groups (high and low self-efficacy) and a control group made objective perceptual judgments on the contrast or the orientation of the visual stimuli. High and low self-efficacy were induced by the provision of fake social-comparative performance feedback and fictional research findings. Subsequently, the post-manipulation phase was performed to assess changes in visual discrimination thresholds as a function of the self-efficacy manipulations. The results showed that the high self-efficacy group demonstrated greater improvement in visual discrimination sensitivity compared to both the low self-efficacy and control groups. These findings suggest that subjective beliefs about one's own perceptual competence can affect low-level visual processing. |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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PRESTO grant from Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
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