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The visual and auditory Simon effects share a common cognitive mechanism, as evidenced by behavioral and pupillary responses. However, modality differences exist in activation and inhibition strengths.

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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychophysiology

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  • The Simon effect demonstrates how stimulus-response compatibility influences performance.
  • Investigating shared mechanisms across sensory modalities is crucial for understanding cognitive processes.
  • Pupil dilation serves as a reliable indicator of cognitive effort and conflict processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if visual and auditory Simon effects originate from the same underlying cognitive mechanism.
  • To compare behavioral and psychophysiological responses (pupil dilation) in a unified experimental design.
  • To elucidate the functional equivalence and modality-specific differences in Simon effect processing.

Main Methods:

  • A single experiment integrating visual and auditory Simon tasks.
  • Sequential and distributional analyses of reaction times and pupil dilation data.
  • Comparative analysis of behavioral and psychophysiological markers of conflict processing.

Main Results:

  • Functional equivalence was confirmed between visual and auditory Simon effect mechanisms regarding response processes.
  • Modality-specific differences were identified in the activation and inhibition strengths of the Simon effects.
  • Pupil dilation data significantly mirrored behavioral findings, providing physiological support for the observed patterns.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support a shared cognitive architecture for processing Simon effects across visual and auditory domains.
  • Differences in activation and inhibition highlight modality-specific processing characteristics within a common framework.
  • Pupillometry offers valuable physiological corroboration for behavioral insights into conflict resolution in dual-modality tasks.