title: IOR effects in a social free-choice task.
abstract: Social inhibition of return (S-IOR) refers to the finding that reaction times (RTs) are longer for movements to the same location as a partner's previous response. Wilson and Pratt (2007) found that when people acting alone freely chose their responses, they were less likely to choose a response that was spatially-compatible with a recently presented stimulus, suggesting that the processes underlying IOR effects in RT also affect response selection. The current study investigated if a similar response selection bias would occur in a free-choice S-IOR task. It was found that participants were less likely to move to the location that their partner previously contacted. This similarity in responses biases in free-choice tasks is generally consistent with the notion that similar processes underlie individual and S-IOR.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Connor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Lokman
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Timothy N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Welsh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*