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B Elsner1, B Hommel

  • 1Department of Cognition and Action, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychological Research, Munich, Germany. elsner@mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance
|March 16, 2001
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People learn associations between actions and outcomes, then use them for goal-directed behavior. This study shows learned action effects automatically prime responses, crucial for voluntary action control.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience of Action Control

Background:

  • Action control involves acquiring associations between motor patterns and movement-contingent events.
  • These associations are then intentionally used for goal-directed actions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test a 2-phase model of action control.
  • To investigate the incidental acquisition and intentional use of action-outcome associations.
  • To examine automatic action-outcome integration and response priming.

Main Methods:

  • Four experiments with distinct acquisition and test phases.
  • Participants experienced co-occurrences between keypresses (motor patterns) and tones (movement-contingent events).
  • Reaction time and response frequency were measured in forced- and free-choice scenarios.

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Main Results:

  • Learned associations between keypresses and tones influenced both reaction time and response frequency.
  • Presentation of a tone automatically activated the associated motor response.
  • Evidence for automatic action-outcome integration and response priming was found.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the 2-phase model of action control.
  • Automatic processes of action-outcome integration and response priming are fundamental to voluntary action.
  • Anticipation of action goals relies on these basic learned action effects.