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Thomas Dolk¹, Bernhard Hommel, Lorenza S Colzato

¹Department of Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany.

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The social Simon effect (SSE) does not stem from shared action representation. Instead, the SSE arises from spatial event separation when interacting with another person.

Keywords:

joint action rubber hand illusion social Simon social cognition

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Background:

The standard Simon task demonstrates faster responses when stimulus and response locations align.
The social Simon effect (SSE) emerges when responses are shared between individuals, previously thought to index action co-representation.
This study examines if SSE involves action co-representation by manipulating the sense of body ownership.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the role of action co-representation in the social Simon effect (SSE).
To determine if incorporating another person's action into one's own body representation influences the SSE.
To clarify the underlying mechanisms of the social Simon effect.

Main Methods:

An auditory social Simon task was employed.
The rubber hand illusion was used to manipulate the sense of ownership over another person's hand.
Experiments varied synchronous versus asynchronous stroking, active involvement, and the presence of another person.

Main Results:

The SSE was smaller in the synchronous stroking condition compared to the asynchronous condition.
This effect persisted regardless of active involvement or the presence of another person.
Findings suggest the SSE is not driven by action integration but by spatial event separation.

Conclusions:

The social Simon effect appears to result from the separation of spatial action events, not action co-representation.
The "social" aspect of the SSE may stem from an interaction partner providing spatial references for one's own actions.
The SSE reflects distinct spatial processing rather than shared action mechanisms.