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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human Interaction

Background:

  • Vision is vital for coordinating actions in joint tasks.
  • The role of visual experience in reference frame coding during joint action is not well understood.
  • Previous research indicates vision influences default reference frame use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how visual experience influences reference frame use in joint action control.
  • To determine if and how visual experience impacts the coding of action-space during collaborative tasks.
  • To explore the differences in reference frame utilization between sighted and congenitally blind individuals during a joint action task.

Main Methods:

  • An auditory version of the social Simon task was administered to dyads of congenitally blind, blindfolded-sighted, and sighted individuals.
  • Participants responded to left or right auditory stimuli.
  • The task involved crossed and uncrossed hand conditions to differentiate reference frame contributions.

Main Results:

  • A social Simon effect (SSE) was observed in all groups, where participants responded faster when stimulus location corresponded to response side.
  • Sighted participants exhibited the SSE regardless of hand position (crossed or uncrossed).
  • Congenitally blind participants only showed the SSE with uncrossed hands, suggesting conflicting spatial information with crossed hands.

Conclusions:

  • Joint action control relies on external reference frames, irrespective of vision.
  • Visual experience appears to determine the specific type of external reference frames employed for motor control in joint actions.
  • Congenitally blind individuals may utilize both agent-based and response-based reference frames, leading to interference when hands are crossed.