A new application of TMR: A study on implicit self-esteem

Abstract

As a core component of personality, self-esteem not only has an important impact on the development of individual personality, but also has a direct or indirect impact on individual physical and mental health. Some studies have shown that explicit self-esteem can be improved through intervention, but there are few studies on the effect of implicit self-esteem intervention. Based on the integration of information in the brain during sleep, this study investigated the effects of the combination of self-esteem training and Target Memory Reactivation (TMR) on implicit self-esteem. The results show that: (1) self-esteem training can improve individual implicit self-esteem, but did not reach statistical significance level; (2) after self-esteem training, there was no significant change in implicit self-esteem level when uncoupled audio cues were played during sleep; (3) after the TMR, individuals’ implicit self-esteem level changed significantly, and the effect could still be maintained one week later.