Self-prioritisation effect (SPE) has consistently occurred in perceptual matching tasks in which neutral stimuli are paired with familiar labels representing different identities (e.g., triangle-Self, square-Friend). Participants are faster and more accurate at judging self-related shape-label pairings than the pairings associated with others. Much evidence has suggested that the SPE is driven by the self acting as an integrative hub that enhances stimulus processing (e.g., triangle). However, there is a growing debate as to whether the SPE is genuine or determined by the labels (e.g., ‘me’, ‘you’) being pre-existing self-referential anchor points. We investigated this in an adapted perceptual matching task in which participants were instructed to associate arbitrary stimulus pairs (visual features: shape and colour) with different people and then immediately carried out a colour-shape matching task. The results showed the standard pattern of the SPE in this perceptual matching task without familiar labels, indicating that the effect is not critically dependent on familiar labels. Further analysis revealed that the SPE emerged only when the complete shape-colour pairing was presented rather than individual elements (self-shape or self-colour). The theoretical implications of these findings are considered.

自我优先效应(SPE) 一直出现在感知匹配任务中，其中中性刺激与代表不同身份的熟悉标签配对（例如，三角形-自我、方形-朋友）。与其他人相关的配对相比，参与者在判断自我相关的形状标签配对方面更快、更准确。许多证据表明，SPE 是由作为增强刺激处理（例如三角形）的综合中枢的自我驱动的。然而，关于 SPE 是真实的还是由标签（例如，“我”、“你”）作为预先存在的自我参照锚点决定的争论越来越多。我们在一个适应的感知匹配任务中对此进行了调查，在该任务中，参与者被指示关联任意刺激对（视觉特征：形状和颜色）与不同的人，然后立即进行颜色形状匹配任务。结果显示在这个感知匹配任务中 SPE 的标准模式没有熟悉的标签，表明效果并不严重依赖于熟悉的标签。进一步的分析表明，只有在呈现完整的形状-颜色配对而不是单个元素（自我形状或自我颜色）时才会出现 SPE。考虑了这些发现的理论含义。进一步的分析表明，只有在呈现完整的形状-颜色配对而不是单个元素（自我形状或自我颜色）时才会出现 SPE。考虑了这些发现的理论含义。进一步的分析表明，只有在呈现完整的形状-颜色配对而不是单个元素（自我形状或自我颜色）时才会出现 SPE。考虑了这些发现的理论含义。