Effects of feature integration in a hands-crossed version of the Social Simon paradigm

Roman Liepelt, Dorit Wenke, Rico Fischer

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungBegutachtung

Abstract

In previous research, hands-crossed versions of a social variant of the Simon task were used to distinguish between effector-based coding of the Social Simon effect (SSE, analogously to the standard Simon effect) or body-based coding, in which the coding of stimulus location and seating position of the participants functions as a spatial reference frame. In the present study, the analysis of the SSE with respect to previous task requirements (i.e., Simon compatibility in N-1) in a hands-crossed variant of the Social Simon task shows that neither type of coding provides a sole explanation of the pattern of a SSE. Instead, the data pattern seems to be explained more parsimoniously by the assumption of a strengthening of low level feature integration mechanisms in a social setting, taking repetitions and alternations of both agents' stimulus and response features into account.

OriginalspracheDeutsch
ZeitschriftPsychological Research
Jahrgang77
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)240-248
Seitenumfang9
ISSN1430-2772
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2013

Fachgebiete und Schlagwörter

  • Adult
  • Discrimination (Psychology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inhibition (Psychology)
  • Male
  • Social Perception
  • Space Perception
  • Young Adult
  • Comparative Study
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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