title: Effects of feature integration in a hands-crossed version of the Social Simon paradigm.
abstract: In previous research, hands-crossed versions of a social variant of the Simon task were used to distinguish between effector-based coding of the Social Simon effect (SSE, analogously to the standard Simon effect) or body-based coding, in which the coding of stimulus location and seating position of the participants functions as a spatial reference frame. In the present study, the analysis of the SSE with respect to previous task requirements (i.e., Simon compatibility in N-1) in a hands-crossed variant of the Social Simon task shows that neither type of coding provides a sole explanation of the pattern of a SSE. Instead, the data pattern seems to be explained more parsimoniously by the assumption of a strengthening of low level feature integration mechanisms in a social setting, taking repetitions and alternations of both agents' stimulus and response features into account.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Junior Group Neurocognition of Joint Action, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Fliednerstrasse 21, 48149, Muenster, Germany. roman.liepelt@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liepelt
authors.forename: Dorit
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wenke
authors.forename: Rico
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D012938:Social Perception; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult