Action-effect bindings and ideomotor learning in intention- and stimulus-based actions
According to ideomotor theory, action-effect associations are crucial for voluntary action control. Recently, a number of studies started to investigate the conditions that mediate the acquisition and application of action-effect associations by comparing actions carried out in response to exogenous...
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| description | According to ideomotor theory, action-effect associations are crucial for voluntary action control. Recently, a number of studies started to investigate the conditions that mediate the acquisition and application of action-effect associations by comparing actions carried out in response to exogenous stimuli (stimulus-based) with actions selected endogenously (intention-based). There is evidence that the acquisition and/or application of action-effect associations is boosted when acting in an intention-based action mode. For instance, bidirectional action-effect associations were diagnosed in a forced choice test phase if participants previously experienced action-effect couplings in an intention-based but not in a stimulus-based action mode. The present study aims at investigating effects of the action mode on action-effect associations in more detail. In a series of experiments, we compared the strength and durability of short-term action-effect associations (binding) immediately following intention- as well as stimulus-based actions. Moreover, long-term action-effect associations (learning) were assessed in a subsequent test phase. Our results show short-term action-effect associations of equal strength and durability for both action modes. However, replicating previous results, long-term associations were observed only following intention-based actions. These findings indicate that the effect of the action mode on long-term associations cannot merely be a result of accumulated short-term action-effect bindings. Instead, only those episodic bindings are selectively perpetuated or retrieved that integrate action-relevant aspects of the processing event, i.e., in case of intention-based actions, the link between action and ensuing effect. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93f8e28edb0d4e15be6f9be1e73476652022-12-21T19:44:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782012-10-01310.3389/fpsyg.2012.0044431818Action-effect bindings and ideomotor learning in intention- and stimulus-based actionsArvid eHerwig0Arvid eHerwig1Florian eWaszak2Florian eWaszak3Bielefeld UniversityMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris CitéCNRS (Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, UMR 8158)According to ideomotor theory, action-effect associations are crucial for voluntary action control. Recently, a number of studies started to investigate the conditions that mediate the acquisition and application of action-effect associations by comparing actions carried out in response to exogenous stimuli (stimulus-based) with actions selected endogenously (intention-based). There is evidence that the acquisition and/or application of action-effect associations is boosted when acting in an intention-based action mode. For instance, bidirectional action-effect associations were diagnosed in a forced choice test phase if participants previously experienced action-effect couplings in an intention-based but not in a stimulus-based action mode. The present study aims at investigating effects of the action mode on action-effect associations in more detail. In a series of experiments, we compared the strength and durability of short-term action-effect associations (binding) immediately following intention- as well as stimulus-based actions. Moreover, long-term action-effect associations (learning) were assessed in a subsequent test phase. Our results show short-term action-effect associations of equal strength and durability for both action modes. However, replicating previous results, long-term associations were observed only following intention-based actions. These findings indicate that the effect of the action mode on long-term associations cannot merely be a result of accumulated short-term action-effect bindings. Instead, only those episodic bindings are selectively perpetuated or retrieved that integrate action-relevant aspects of the processing event, i.e., in case of intention-based actions, the link between action and ensuing effect.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00444/fullfeature bindingsensorimotor integrationevent filesaction effectideomotor learning |
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| title | Action-effect bindings and ideomotor learning in intention- and stimulus-based actions |
| title_full | Action-effect bindings and ideomotor learning in intention- and stimulus-based actions |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Action-effect bindings and ideomotor learning in intention- and stimulus-based actions |
| title_short | Action-effect bindings and ideomotor learning in intention- and stimulus-based actions |
| title_sort | action effect bindings and ideomotor learning in intention and stimulus based actions |
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