Coaction and upward social comparison reduce the illusory conjunction effect support for distraction

This article proposes an integration of Festinger's (1954) social comparison theory and Baron's (1986) distraction?conflict theory of the social facilitation?inhibition effect, which successfully predicts attentional focusing in coaction when social comparison represents a distraction. Two...

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Main Authors: Muller, Dominique (Author), Atzeni, Thierry (Author), Butera, Fabrizio (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Elsevier, Inc. ©2004.
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