Unintentional and intentional learning of noncorresponding stimulus-response associations in the Simon task.
The Simon effect is a robust phenomenon that persists after extensive practice. However, several studies using a transfer paradigm have shown that the Simon effect is eliminated after practicing a location-relevant task with an incompatible spatial mapping. The present study examined whether this transfer effect is a result of implicit, procedural knowledge developed through repeated execution of noncorresponding responses in the practice session or a consequence of explicitly learning and reinstating a noncorresponding mapping rule. Results from two experiments show that, although a small part of the transfer effect may be due to residual activation of noncorresponding S-R associations from the prior task, the larger and more stable part is likely due to response-selection strategies performed intentionally in the practice task.
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Kim-Phuong L
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California State University Long Beach, 90840, USA. kvu8@csulb.edu
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D014163:Transfer, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult