The current study aimed to investigate the development of actively open-minded thinking (AOT) among Saudi College students and its impact on their future time perspective (FTP). The study samples included 1,797 undergraduate students from different majors, and used AOT inventory of (Stanovich & West, 1997) and a short version of Zimbardo FTP inventory. The results showed that there was no development of AOT as illustrated by linear regression among college students depending on the AOT subfactors. However, the FTP results demonstrated that there was development of the present experience (FTP subfactor), as indicated by linear regression according to age in the present experience (FTP subfactor) was increased by age. The findings revealed a difference in the AOT, AOT subfactors, FTP and FTP subfactors in relation to sex, with males showing a higher score compared to females. In addition, the results indicated the interaction of AOT by sex on FTP subfactors (i.e., present vs. future). These findings indicate that AOT does not show developmental change according to age among the study sample. In contrast, some developmental changes occurred in FTP and FTP subfactors according to age.
In three Experiments, I used a modified visual search paradigm, to examine whether the red color singleton play any role in the perception of social stimuli such as faces, and body parts, and if both of them can capture attention, and differentiate between Active (i.e. hand & leg), and passive parts (torso). In the first experiment I presented either faces or body parts together with five different objects, but in the other experiments I presented active or passive parts with the same objects. Participants decided whether a randomly chosen target (surrounded by a green frame) belonged to a previously presented category. In half of the trials, an additional red frame surrounded a non-target singleton object was appeared. Consistent with earlier studies, participants responded faster to both face and body parts targets than to others, when faces or body parts appeared as singletons, they attracted attention and increased reaction times more than other objects, These results indicate greater attention capture by faces, and add evidence for similar mechanism for passive parts of the body parts.
Se ha debatido si la atención o los colores pueden modular la velocidad de procesamiento de las modalidades visuales en los hemisferios cerebrales. Estudios electrofisiológicos han demostrado que la atención o los colores modulan las primeras etapas de la actividad neuronal cerebral cuando se procesaron estos estímulos. Sin embargo, no se han investigado los efectos simultáneos de la atención y el color sobre la velocidad del procesamiento de textos árabes en ambos hemisferios cerebrales. Estudiamos los efectos combinados de la atención y los colores en el hemisferio cerebral derecho e izquierdo. En dos experimentos, los estímulos de palabras se presentaron en diferentes longitudes, y los colores en los hemicampos derecho e izquierdo al azar. Se instruyó a los participantes a detectar el color específico de la palabra usando dedos índice. Los resultados informaron que los tiempos de reacción "RTs" se incrementaron cuando las letras de las palabras disminuyeron, y fueron más largos en el hemicampo derecho que en el izquierdo para palabras de color blanco y verde. Se informó de un patrón opuesto para las palabras de color rojo y azul, en que los RTs eran más largos en el hemicampo izquierdo que derecho. Los hallazgos sugieren que los colores pueden modular la velocidad de procesamiento del hemisferio cerebral ante estas modalidades visuales. Además, la atención puede cambiar la forma en que la corteza cerebral está respondiendo a palabras en colores con diferente longitud. En conclusión, estos hallazgos sugirieron que los efectos combinados de la atención y los colores, modulan la velocidad de procesamiento en los hemisferios cerebrales.
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