Automatic Evaluation of Supraliminal and Subliminally Presentation of Exercis-Related Stimuli in Different Exercise Groups

  • ZHU Zhaohong ,
  • SUN Lingling
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  • 1. School of Exercise and Health Sciences, Xi’an Physical Education University, Xi’an 710068;
    2. Huaiyang High School Henan Province, Zhoukou 466700

Received date: 2020-11-22

  Online published: 2022-03-20

Abstract

According to the dual-process theory, automatic processing (type-1) and reflective processing (type-2) are two interactive but distinct information processing systems in exercise behavior formation, including automatic evaluation by triggering the automatic type-1 process and activating spontaneous mental associations of motor memory, an automatic affective valuation follows, thus affecting the exercise behavior. The goal of this study was to test whether exercise-related stimuli can elicit automatic evaluation responses and the characteristics of automatic evaluation between highly active exercisers and less exercisers. By using the evaluative?priming?task, supraliminally and subliminally primed words depicting exercise or non-exercise were presented in experiment 1 and 2, and then participants were asked to respond to positive or negative words. The results showed that the exercise group responded significantly faster to the positive target words than the non-exercise group when presented with supraliminal and subliminal exercise priming words. These findings indicate that only exercise group gives automatic positive evaluations of exercise words.

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ZHU Zhaohong , SUN Lingling . Automatic Evaluation of Supraliminal and Subliminally Presentation of Exercis-Related Stimuli in Different Exercise Groups[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022 , 20(2) : 182 -189 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.02.006

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