APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

Relational Mindset Boosts Relational Matches for Both Cross-Mapped and Non-Cross-Mapped Scenes

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Thinking & Remembering: Attention, Memory & Control

  • Margarita Pavlova
    New Bulgarian University
  • Gergana Yordanova
    New Bulgarian University

Abstract

Eliciting a relational mindset boosted relational matches in a subsequent scene-mapping task for both cross-mapped and non-cross-mapped scenes. Participants also made more object matches in the cross-mapped scenes, suggesting that while the relational mindset facilitated attention within the relational structure, it was insufficient to inhibit featural similarities in demanding conditions.

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