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  • Social Psychology
  • Neuroscience

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  • Social perceptions significantly shape interpersonal interactions.
  • Joint action research often overlooks the impact of perceived partner traits on task co-representation.
  • Understanding how personality perceptions influence joint action is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of perceived partner personality traits on the joint Simon effect (JSE).
  • To determine if perceived extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness modulate task co-representation in joint action.
  • To examine the role of trait centrality in this modulation.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted involving participants learning about a partner's personality.
  • Participants then performed a joint Simon task with their perceived partner.
  • Perceived traits were manipulated, and the joint Simon effect was measured.

Main Results:

  • Perceived partner extraversion and agreeableness significantly modulated the JSE, with larger effects for perceived extraverted/agreeable partners.
  • Perceived conscientiousness did not modulate the JSE.
  • The modulation effect disappeared when traits were perceived as peripheral, but reappeared when central.

Conclusions:

  • Perceived partner traits, especially central extraversion and agreeableness, modulate task co-representation in joint action.
  • The centrality of perceived traits is critical for their influence on joint action.
  • These findings underscore the impact of social perceptions on cognitive processes during collaboration.