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2017

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Alexandria JauriquePsychologyGraduate Student,Jack AllenPsychologyGraduate Student,Benjamin SkillmanPsychologyUndergraduate Student,Clara AllenPsychologyGraduate Student,Amber M. GaffneyPsychologyFaculty

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We found that not only did participants experiencing high self-uncertainty make fewer overall errors, but more interestingly, they demonstrated greater accuracy for self-relevant word-pairings than those low in uncertainty. This in turn affected reaction times pairing self-relevant vs. self-irrelevant words. This implies that uncertainty might not lead to cognitive load or distracted and heuristic processing. Instead, we suggest that uncertainty can create a motivated process with respect to self-relevant information, leading to more accurate judgments about the self, perhaps in an attempt to reduce uncertainty.

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