title: Compatibility effects in stopping and response initiation in a continuous tracking task.
abstract: Two experiments explored stopping performance using a new stimulus-response compatibility effect spanning action initiation and stopping. Participants tracked a sometimes-moving, sometimes-stationary target by controlling the speed of a response marker via a force sensor. In the compatible condition, participants pressed the sensor in response to the target moving and stopped pressing in response to the target stopping. In the incompatible condition, participants stopped pressing in response to the target moving and initiated pressing in response to the target stopping. Response initiation and stopping were found to be faster under compatible than under incompatible conditions, regardless of whether compatible and incompatible trials were blocked or mixed. These findings indicate that stopping, like response initiation, is influenced by stimulus-response properties such as compatibility. This in turn suggests that stopping is governed by constraints similar to those of other behaviours.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. smorein@interchange.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morein-Zamir
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagelkerke
authors.forename: Romeo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Franks
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kingstone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception; D011930:Reaction Time