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Separated hands further response-response binding effects.

Silvia Selimi¹, Christian Frings¹, Birte Moeller²

¹Cognitive Psychology, University of Trier, D-54286, Trier, Germany.

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

|March 4, 2024

Summary

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Separating hands with a barrier enhanced response-response binding effects, suggesting distinct action representations aid hierarchical action control. This finding is crucial for understanding cognitive control and action planning.

Keywords:

Action control Binding and retrieval Response separation Response-response binding

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Action control follows a hierarchical organization, integrating sequential responses into higher-order event representations.
Response-response binding effects occur when repeated responses retrieve each other, influencing cognitive processing.
Spatial separation of responses can impact cognitive separability, a factor previously explored in stimulus-response binding.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the influence of spatial separation on response-response binding effects.
To determine if introducing a physical barrier between responding hands strengthens response-response binding.
To explore the role of action separability in hierarchical action control.

Main Methods:

Participants performed tasks involving sequential responses.
A barrier was introduced between the responding hands to increase spatial separation.
Response-response binding effects were measured under conditions of separated and non-separated hands.

Main Results:

Stronger response-response binding effects were observed when participants' hands were spatially separated by a barrier.
Increased separability of responses led to enhanced binding effects.
The findings align with predictions based on stimulus-response binding research.

Conclusions:

Distinct representations of individual actions, facilitated by increased separability, appear to benefit the control of hierarchical actions.
Spatial separation is a key factor influencing the cognitive mechanisms underlying response-response binding.
This research provides insights into the cognitive architecture of action control and motor learning.