The premotor theory of attention and the Simon effect

2011 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob H.J. Van der Lubbe ◽  
Elger L. Abrahamse
Keyword(s):  
Simon Effect ◽  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

The premotor theory of attention as an account for the Simon effect

2012 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob H.J. Van der Lubbe ◽  
Elger L. Abrahamse ◽  
Elian De Kleine
Keyword(s):  
Simon Effect ◽  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

Dissociating Attention and Saccades: Evidence Against a Strict Premotor Theory of Attention

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Walenchok ◽  
Erik D. Reichle ◽  
Stephen Goldinger
Keyword(s):  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

Is the premotor theory of attention essentially about pre-reflective intentionality?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 757-774
Author(s):  
Jacek Bielas ◽  
Łukasz Michalczyk
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Motor Preparation ◽  
Positive Answer ◽  
The Body ◽  
Attentional Processes ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

The Premotor Theory of Attention (PToA) is a prominent, albeit controversial, modern experimental account of attentional processes. According to the PToA, motor preparation is both necessary and sufficient for spatial attention. Explaining the cognitive process of attention in terms of sensori-motor machinery can be considered as embedded in the idea of embodied cognition. The vocabulary adopted by the PToA seems to bear a particular resemblance to Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological notion of pre-reflective intentionality. He articulates it by means of directness towards the lived world, which is constituted in the spatial motility of the body-subject. In this epistemological state of affairs, we come up with two leading questions: (a) can the main tenets of PToA be essentially reconstructed in terms of the notion of pre-reflective intentionality and since the bodily motility is meant by the French phenomenologist to be at the root of all forms of intentionality, (b) can the PToA be expanded to account for all kinds of attention? In conclusion, we advocate a positive answer for the former question and point to serious doubts as to why it can rather not be retained regarding the latter.

The Premotor Theory of Attention

2005 ◽  
pp. 181-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila Craighero ◽  
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Keyword(s):  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

scholarly journals The Premotor theory of attention: Time to move on?

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 1104-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T. Smith ◽  
Thomas Schenk
Keyword(s):  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

Reorienting attention across the horizontal and vertical meridians: Evidence in favor of a premotor theory of attention

1987 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Rizzolatti ◽  
Lucia Riggio ◽  
Isabella Dascola ◽  
Carlo Umiltá
Keyword(s):  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

scholarly journals Covert manual response preparation triggers attentional shifts: ERP evidence for the premotor theory of attention

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 957-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Eimer ◽  
Bettina Forster ◽  
José Van Velzen ◽  
Gita Prabhu
Keyword(s):  
Response Preparation ◽  
Manual Response ◽  
Attentional Shifts ◽  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

scholarly journals Premotor theory of attention

Scholarpedia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Rizzolatti ◽  
Laila Craighero
Keyword(s):  
Premotor Theory Of Attention ◽  
Premotor Theory

The Role of Visual Distractors in the Simon Effect

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 387-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Lugli ◽  
Stefania D’Ascenzo ◽  
Roberto Nicoletti ◽  
Carlo Umiltà
Keyword(s):  
Simon Effect ◽  
Simon Task ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Spatial Code ◽  
Attentional Model ◽  
Previous Evidence ◽  
Spatial Stimulus ◽  
Attentional Resources ◽  
Code Changes

Abstract. The Simon effect lies on the automatic generation of a stimulus spatial code, which, however, is not relevant for performing the task. Results typically show faster performance when stimulus and response locations correspond, rather than when they do not. Considering reaction time distributions, two types of Simon effect have been individuated, which are thought to depend on different mechanisms: visuomotor activation versus cognitive translation of spatial codes. The present study aimed to investigate whether the presence of a distractor, which affects the allocation of attentional resources and, thus, the time needed to generate the spatial code, changes the nature of the Simon effect. In four experiments, we manipulated the presence and the characteristics of the distractor. Findings extend previous evidence regarding the distinction between visuomotor activation and cognitive translation of spatial stimulus codes in a Simon task. They are discussed with reference to the attentional model of the Simon effect.

Effects of Stimulus-Response Assignments on the Joint Simon Effect

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akio Nishimura ◽  
Chikashi Michimata
Keyword(s):  
Simon Effect ◽  
Stimulus Response
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