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¹Department of Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, University of Trier, Universitätsring 15, DE-54296, Trier, Germany. schmalbrock@uni-trier.de.

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Predictability of stimulus components influences human action control by affecting how event files are retrieved, not integrated. This research clarifies the role of predictability in stimulus-response bindings.

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Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Human Action Control

Background:

Stimulus-response bindings, or event files, are crucial for human action control.
The predictability of stimulus components within event files may influence their formation and use.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how stimulus predictability affects the integration and retrieval of event files.
To determine whether predictability impacts the formation of stimulus-response bindings or their subsequent use.

Main Methods:

Utilized the distractor-response binding paradigm with repeated or alternated distractors.
Manipulated the predictability of distractors in prime and probe trials across three experiments.

Main Results:

The partial-repetition effect, typically observed in distractor-response binding, was reduced with predictable distractors.
Predictability in the probe trial, but not the prime trial, replicated this reduction.
Findings suggest predictability influences retrieval, not integration, of event files.

Conclusions:

Stimulus predictability affects the retrieval of event files, particularly when stimulus features are repeated.
Integration and retrieval processes of event files may exhibit differential sensitivity to top-down influences like predictability.