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2013 Wellcome Lecture in Neuroethics: The Irresponsible Self: Self bias changes the way we see the world

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Uehiro Oxford Institute
Humans show a bias to favour information related to themselves over information related to other people. How does this effect arise? Are self biases a stable trait of the individual? Do these biases change fundamental perceptual processes?
I will review recent work from my laboratory showing that self-biases modulate basic perceptual processes; they are stable for an individual and are difficult to control; they reflect rapid tuning of brain circuits to enhance the saliency of self-related items. I discuss the implications of this work for understanding whether perceptual processes are informationally encapsulated, and whether perception changes as a function of social context.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute
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Glyn Humphries
Keywords
self bias
perception
Department: Uehiro Oxford Institute
Date Added: 04/12/2013
Duration: 00:33:23

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