title: Emergence of the go/no-go Simon effect by means of practice and mixing paradigms.
abstract: In two experiments, we tested whether the emergence of the go/no-go Simon effect could be determined by the strengthening of one specific S-R link in location-relevant trials performed right before (practice paradigm) or simultaneously (mixing paradigm) with the location-irrelevant (Simon) trials. Results showed a clear carry-over effect of the association between stimulus position and spatial response from the first task to the second one (Experiment 1) and when the two tasks were performed simultaneously (Experiment 2), even if participants were required to respond with the same key to only half of the stimuli (go/no-go tasks). We found that associative learning between the stimulus and response positions occurring during the go/no-go compatibility task, that is when location was relevant, influenced the way the go/no-go location-irrelevant task (Simon task) was performed. Our findings suggest that the STM links formed during a go/no-go spatial compatibility task are strong enough to influence the go/no-go Simon task.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication and Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. l.lugli@unibo.it
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lugli
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iani
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rubichi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001245:Association Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
keywords: 2300 Human Experimental Psychology; 2343 Learning & Memory; 2346 Attention; Go/no-go task; Mixing paradigm; Practice paradigm; Simon effect; Spatial stimulus–response compatibility