Thisstudyaimedatassessingwhetherthemerebeliefofperformingataskwithanotherperson,whoisinchargeofthecomplementarypartofthetask,issufficientfortheso-calledjointSimoneffecttooccur.Inallthreeexperimentsofthestudy,participantssataloneinaroomandunderwenttwoconsecutiveGo/NoGotasksthatwereidenticalexceptfortheinstructions.InExperiment1,participantsperformedthetaskfirstindividually(baselinetask),andtheneitherco-actingwithanotherpersonwhorespondedfromanunknownlocationtotheNoGostimuli(jointtask)orimagingthemselvesrespondingtotheNoGostimuli(imaginativetask).Relativetothebaseline,theinstructionsoftheimaginativetaskmadetheSimoneffectoccur,whilethoseofthejointtaskwereineffectiveinelicitingtheeffect.Thisresultsuggeststhatsharingataskwithapersonwhoisknowntobeinchargeofthecomplementarytask,butisnotphysicallypresent,isnotsufficienttoinducetherepresentationofanalternativeresponseabletoproduceinterference,whichhappensinsteadwhentheinstructionsexplicitlyrequiretoimaginesucharesponse.Interestingly,weobservedthatwhentheSimoneffectwasalreadypresentinthebaselinetask(i.e.,whentheresponsealternativetotheGoresponsewasrepresentedintheindividualtaskduetonon-socialfactors),itdisappearedinthejointtask.Weproposethat,whennoinformationabouttheco-actor’spositionisavailable,thedivisionoflaborbetweentheparticipantandco-actorallowsparticipantstofilteroutthepossible(incidental)representationofthealternativeresponsefromtheirtaskrepresentation,thuseliminatingpotentialsourcesofinterference.ThisaccountissupportedbytheresultsofExperiments2and3andsuggeststhatundercertaincircumstancestask-sharingmayreducetheinterferenceproducedbytheirrelevantinformation,ratherthanincreaseit.
When co-action eliminates the Simon effect: Disentangling the impact of co-actor' s presence and task sharing on joint-task performance / R., Sellaro; B., Treccani; Rubichi, Sandro; Cubelli, Roberto. - In: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1664-1078. - ELETTRONICO. - 4:(2013), pp. 1-15. [10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00844]
Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 | |
Titolo: | When co-action eliminates the Simon effect: Disentangling the impact of co-actor' s presence and task sharing on joint-task performance. | |
Autore/i: | R., Sellaro; B., Treccani; Rubichi, Sandro; Cubelli, Roberto | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00844 | |
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Volume: | 4 | |
Pagina iniziale: | 1 | |
Pagina finale: | 15 | |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000331582400001 | |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-84889668006 | |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 24312066 | |
Citazione: | When co-action eliminates the Simon effect: Disentangling the impact of co-actor' s presence and task sharing on joint-task performance / R., Sellaro; B., Treccani; Rubichi, Sandro; Cubelli, Roberto. - In: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1664-1078. - ELETTRONICO. - 4:(2013), pp. 1-15. [10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00844] | |
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