How ‘social’ is the social Simon effect?
In the standard Simon task, participants carry out spatially defined responses to non-spatial stimulus attributes. Responses are typically faster when stimulus location and response location correspond. This effect disappears when a participant responds to only one of the two stimuli and reappears w...
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| author | Thomas eDolk Bernhard eHommel Lorenza S Colzato Simone eSchütz-Bosbach Wolfgang ePrinz Roman eLiepelt Roman eLiepelt |
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| description | In the standard Simon task, participants carry out spatially defined responses to non-spatial stimulus attributes. Responses are typically faster when stimulus location and response location correspond. This effect disappears when a participant responds to only one of the two stimuli and reappears when another person carries out the other response. This social Simon effect has been considered as providing an index for action co-representation. Here, we investigated whether joint-action effects in a social Simon task involve mechanisms of action co-representation, as measured by the amount of incorporation of another person’s action. We combined an auditory social Simon task with a manipulation of the sense of ownership of another person’s hand (Rubber Hand Illusion). If the social Simon effect is established by action co-representation, then the incorporation of the other person’s hand into one’s own body representation should increase the social Simon effect (synchronous > asynchronous stroking). However, we found the social Simon effect to be smaller in the synchronous as compared to the asynchronous stroking condition (Experiment 1), suggesting that the social Simon effect reflects the separation of spatial action events rather than the integration of the other person’s action. This effect is independent of the active involvement (Experiment 2) and the presence of another person (Experiment 3). These findings suggest that the ‘social’ Simon effect is not really social in nature but is established when an interaction partner produces events that serve as a spatial reference for one’s own actions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cdd11c788284d47a84fbcd554cbc7a02022-12-22T00:56:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782011-05-01210.3389/fpsyg.2011.000847798How ‘social’ is the social Simon effect?Thomas eDolk0Bernhard eHommel1Lorenza S Colzato2Simone eSchütz-Bosbach3Wolfgang ePrinz4Roman eLiepelt5Roman eLiepelt6Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesLeiden UniversityLeiden UniversityMax-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesWestfälische Wilhelms-UniversityIn the standard Simon task, participants carry out spatially defined responses to non-spatial stimulus attributes. Responses are typically faster when stimulus location and response location correspond. This effect disappears when a participant responds to only one of the two stimuli and reappears when another person carries out the other response. This social Simon effect has been considered as providing an index for action co-representation. Here, we investigated whether joint-action effects in a social Simon task involve mechanisms of action co-representation, as measured by the amount of incorporation of another person’s action. We combined an auditory social Simon task with a manipulation of the sense of ownership of another person’s hand (Rubber Hand Illusion). If the social Simon effect is established by action co-representation, then the incorporation of the other person’s hand into one’s own body representation should increase the social Simon effect (synchronous > asynchronous stroking). However, we found the social Simon effect to be smaller in the synchronous as compared to the asynchronous stroking condition (Experiment 1), suggesting that the social Simon effect reflects the separation of spatial action events rather than the integration of the other person’s action. This effect is independent of the active involvement (Experiment 2) and the presence of another person (Experiment 3). These findings suggest that the ‘social’ Simon effect is not really social in nature but is established when an interaction partner produces events that serve as a spatial reference for one’s own actions.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00084/fullJoint Actionrubber hand illusionsocial cognitionsocial Simon |
| spellingShingle | Thomas eDolk Bernhard eHommel Lorenza S Colzato Simone eSchütz-Bosbach Wolfgang ePrinz Roman eLiepelt Roman eLiepelt How ‘social’ is the social Simon effect? Frontiers in Psychology Joint Action rubber hand illusion social cognition social Simon |
| title | How ‘social’ is the social Simon effect? |
| title_full | How ‘social’ is the social Simon effect? |
| title_fullStr | How ‘social’ is the social Simon effect? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How ‘social’ is the social Simon effect? |
| title_short | How ‘social’ is the social Simon effect? |
| title_sort | how social is the social simon effect |
| topic | Joint Action rubber hand illusion social cognition social Simon |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00084/full |
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