We investigated whether performing a task with a co-actor shapes the way a subsequent task is performed. In four experiments participants were administered a Simon task after practicing a spatial compatibility task with an incompatible S-R mapping. In Experiment, 1 they performed both tasks alongside another person; in Experiment 2 they performed the spatial compatibility task alone, responding to only one stimulus position, and the Simon task with another person; inExperiment 3, they performed the spatial compatibility task with another person and the Simon task alone; finally, in Experiment 4, they performed the spatial compatibility task alone and the Simontask with another person. The incompatible practice eliminated the Simon effect in Experiments 1 and 4. These results indicate that when a task is distributed between two participants with each one performing a different part of it, they tend to represent the whole task rather than their own part of it. This experience can influence the way a subsequent task is performed, as long as this latter occurs in a social context.

Shared learning shapes human performance:Transfer effects in task sharing / N., Milanese; Iani, Cristina; Rubichi, Sandro. - In: COGNITION. - ISSN 0010-0277. - STAMPA. - 116:1(2010), pp. 15-22. [10.1016/j.cognition.2010.03.010]

Shared learning shapes human performance:Transfer effects in task sharing

IANI, Cristina;RUBICHI, Sandro
2010

Abstract

We investigated whether performing a task with a co-actor shapes the way a subsequent task is performed. In four experiments participants were administered a Simon task after practicing a spatial compatibility task with an incompatible S-R mapping. In Experiment, 1 they performed both tasks alongside another person; in Experiment 2 they performed the spatial compatibility task alone, responding to only one stimulus position, and the Simon task with another person; inExperiment 3, they performed the spatial compatibility task with another person and the Simon task alone; finally, in Experiment 4, they performed the spatial compatibility task alone and the Simontask with another person. The incompatible practice eliminated the Simon effect in Experiments 1 and 4. These results indicate that when a task is distributed between two participants with each one performing a different part of it, they tend to represent the whole task rather than their own part of it. This experience can influence the way a subsequent task is performed, as long as this latter occurs in a social context.
2010
116
1
15
22
Shared learning shapes human performance:Transfer effects in task sharing / N., Milanese; Iani, Cristina; Rubichi, Sandro. - In: COGNITION. - ISSN 0010-0277. - STAMPA. - 116:1(2010), pp. 15-22. [10.1016/j.cognition.2010.03.010]
N., Milanese; Iani, Cristina; Rubichi, Sandro
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