When co-action eliminates the Simon effect: Disentangling the impact of co-actor' s presence and task sharing on joint-task performance.

Sellaro, R.; Treccani, B.; Rubichi, Sandro; Cubelli, Roberto

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00844

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.

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
Autore/i UNIMORE:	R. Sellaro B. Treccani RUBICHI, Sandro CUBELLI, ROBERTO mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00844
Rivista:	FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
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.
Tipologia	Articolo su rivista

File in questo prodotto:

File	Descrizione	Tipologia
fpsyg-04-00844.pdf		Versione dell'editore (versione pubblicata)	Open Access Visualizza/Apri

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento:
http://hdl.handle.net/11380/1039329

Citazioni

I documenti presenti in Iris Unimore sono rilasciati con licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 3.0 Italia, salvo diversa indicazione.
In caso di violazione di copyright, contattare Supporto Iris