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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • The Simon effect (SE) is observed in go/nogo tasks when response location conflicts with stimulus location.
  • Referential coding and task co-representation are competing explanations for the joint Simon effect (JSE).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the assumptions of task co-representation and referential coding in joint Simon tasks.
  • To investigate the role of unexpected events in influencing the JSE and SE.

Main Methods:

  • Introduction of unexpected double response events in joint go/nogo and joint independent go/nogo tasks.
  • Testing functional similarity of task representations in joint and standard Simon tasks.
  • Examining sequential updating of task co-representation after unexpected single response events.

Main Results:

  • Increased JSEs were observed following unexpected events in joint tasks, supporting referential coding.
  • A decreased SE in the standard Simon task after unexpected events contradicted functional equivalence assumptions.
  • Increased JSEs after unexpected single response events ruled out task re-conceptualization as an explanation.

Conclusions:

  • The findings provide evidence supporting referential coding for the joint Simon effect.
  • Referential coding offers a more robust explanation for action coding in joint Simon tasks than task co-representation.