Influence of stimulus–response assignment on the joint-action correspondence effect

This study aimed to apply electromyographic techniques and distributional analyses to test whether an increase in the strength of stimulus-response mapping could explain the mechanisms underlying the joint Simon effect. Within a single protocol, participants performed a Simon task and a Go/NoGo task in isolation, and a joint Go/NoGo task with a co-actor (joint Simon task). Results showed that joint-action impairs cognitive control and shortened reaction time by impacting both pre-motor time and motor time. Joint-action induced a larger facilitation on pre-motor time of ipsilateral than contralateral associations. This potentiation of the spatial correspondence effect plausibly explains the larger Simon-like effect usually observed in the joint Go/NoGo task compared to that observed in the isolated Go/NoGo task. The propensity of making incorrect activations and their concentration among fast responses also increased when working co-actively. Together, these findings indicate that joint-action increases the strength of automatic response capture induced by the stimulus location, promotes the delivery of the stronger association in the behavioral repertoire of the individual, and reduces cognitive control.

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Flanker and Simon effects interact at the response selection stage

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1080/17470210802557751 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 62 (9) ◽

pp. 1784-1804 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Barbara Treccani ◽

Roberto Cubelli ◽

Sergio Della Sala ◽

Carlo Umiltà

Keyword(s):

Response Selection ◽

Flanker Task ◽

Stimulus Response ◽

Correspondence Effects ◽

Correspondence Effect ◽

Accessory Stimulus ◽

Target Set ◽

Referential Coding ◽

Selection Stage ◽

Effect Experiment

The present study aimed at investigating the processing stage underlying stimulus–stimulus (S–S) congruency effects by examining the relation of a particular type of congruency effect (i.e., the flanker effect) with a stimulus–response (S–R) spatial correspondence effect (i.e., the Simon effect). Experiment 1 used a unilateral flanker task in which the flanker also acted as a Simon-like accessory stimulus. Results showed a significant S–S Congruency × S–R Correspondence interaction: An advantage for flanker–response spatially corresponding trials was observed in target–flanker congruent conditions, whereas, in incongruent conditions, there was a noncorresponding trials’ advantage. The analysis of the temporal trend of the correspondence effects ruled out a temporal-overlap account for the observed interaction. Moreover, results of Experiment 2, in which the flanker did not belong to the target set, demonstrated that this interaction cannot be attributed to perceptual grouping of the target–flanker pairs and referential coding of the target with respect to the flanker in the congruent and incongruent conditions, respectively. Taken together, these findings are consistent with a response selection account of congruency effects: Both the position and the task-related attribute of the flanker would activate the associated responses. In noncorresponding-congruent trials and corresponding-incongruent trials, this would cause a conflict at the response selection stage.

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Stimulus–response correspondence effect as a function of temporal overlap between relevant and irrelevant information processing

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1080/17470218.2015.1098710 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 69 (8) ◽

pp. 1648-1656

Author(s):

Dong-Yuan Debbie Wang ◽

F. Dan Richard ◽

Brittany Ray

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Irrelevant Information ◽

Stimulus Response ◽

Correspondence Effect ◽

Temporal Overlap

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Dynamic Structure of Joint-Action Stimulus-Response Activity

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0089032 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. e89032 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

MaryLauren Malone ◽

Ramon D. Castillo ◽

Heidi Kloos ◽

John G. Holden ◽

Michael J. Richardson

Keyword(s):

Joint Action ◽

Dynamic Structure ◽

Stimulus Response ◽

Action Stimulus

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A hard choice for Tomasello

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002346 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Philip Pettit

Keyword(s):

Joint Action ◽

The Other ◽

Hard Choice ◽

Margaret Gilbert ◽

Michael Bratman ◽

Human Sense ◽

Sense Of Obligation

Abstract Michael Tomasello explains the human sense of obligation by the role it plays in negotiating practices of acting jointly and the commitments they underwrite. He draws in his work on two models of joint action, one from Michael Bratman, the other from Margaret Gilbert. But Bratman's makes the explanation too difficult to succeed, and Gilbert's makes it too easy.

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Social epistemic actions

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002802 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Giovanni Pezzulo ◽

Laura Barca ◽

Domenico Maisto ◽

Francesco Donnarumma

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Joint Action ◽

Niche Construction ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Learning Processes ◽

Epistemic Actions ◽

Target Article ◽

Online Social Interaction

Abstract We consider the ways humans engage in social epistemic actions, to guide each other's attention, prediction, and learning processes towards salient information, at the timescale of online social interaction and joint action. This parallels the active guidance of other's attention, prediction, and learning processes at the longer timescale of niche construction and cultural practices, as discussed in the target article.

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The Effect of Real-Time Feedback Using a Smartwatch on the Clinical Behavior of Novice Student Clinicians

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp2.sig11.79 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (11) ◽

pp. 79-90

Author(s):

Courtney G. Scott ◽

Trina M. Becker ◽

Kenneth O. Simpson

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Rating Scales ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Communication Disorders ◽

Preliminary Evidence ◽

Single Subject ◽

Clinical Behavior ◽

Stimulus Response ◽

Treatment Data ◽

Computer Monitors

The use of computer monitors to provide technology-based written feedback during clinical sessions, referred to as “bug-in-the-eye” (BITi) feedback, recently emerged in the literature with preliminary evidence to support its effectiveness (Carmel, Villatte, Rosenthal, Chalker & Comtois, 2015; Weck et al., 2016). This investigation employed a single-subject, sequential A-B design with two participants to observe the effects of implementing BITi feedback using a smartwatch on the clinical behavior of student clinicians (SCs). Baseline and treatment data on the stimulus-response-consequence (S-R-C) contingency completion rates of SCs were collected using 10 minute segments of recorded therapy sessions. All participants were students enrolled in a clinical practicum experience in a communication disorders and sciences (CDS) program. A celeration line, descriptive statistics, and stability band were used to analyze the data by slope, trend, and variability. Results demonstrated a significant correlative relationship between BITi feedback with a smartwatch and an increase in positive clinical behaviors. Based on qualitative interviews and exit rating scales, SCs reported BITi feedback was noninvasive and minimally distracting. Preliminary evidence suggests BITi feedback with a smartwatch may be an effective tool for providing real-time clinical feedback.

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