Recently, the Simon effect (SE) has been observed in social contexts when two individuals share a two-choice task. This joint SE (JSE) has been interpreted as evidence that people co-represent their actions. However, it is still not clear if the JSE is driven by social factors or low-level mechanisms. To address this question, we applied a common paradigm to a joint Simon task (Experiments 1 and 4), a standard Simon task (Experiment 2), and a go/no-go task (Experiment 3). The results showed that both the JSE and the SE were modulated by the repetition/non-repetition of task features. Moreover, the JSE was differently modulated by the gender composition of the two individuals involved in the shared task and by their interpersonal relationship. Taken together, our results do not support a pure social explanation of the JSE, nevertheless, they show the independent role of different social factors in modulating the effect.

The influence of social and nonsocial variables on the Simon effect / Mussi, Davide Raffaello; Marino, Barbara F. M.; Riggio, Lucia. - In: EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1618-3169. - 62:4(2015), pp. 215-231. [10.1027/1618-3169/a000292]

The influence of social and nonsocial variables on the Simon effect

MUSSI, Davide Raffaello
;
RIGGIO, Lucia
2015-01-01

Abstract

Recently, the Simon effect (SE) has been observed in social contexts when two individuals share a two-choice task. This joint SE (JSE) has been interpreted as evidence that people co-represent their actions. However, it is still not clear if the JSE is driven by social factors or low-level mechanisms. To address this question, we applied a common paradigm to a joint Simon task (Experiments 1 and 4), a standard Simon task (Experiment 2), and a go/no-go task (Experiment 3). The results showed that both the JSE and the SE were modulated by the repetition/non-repetition of task features. Moreover, the JSE was differently modulated by the gender composition of the two individuals involved in the shared task and by their interpersonal relationship. Taken together, our results do not support a pure social explanation of the JSE, nevertheless, they show the independent role of different social factors in modulating the effect.
2015
The influence of social and nonsocial variables on the Simon effect / Mussi, Davide Raffaello; Marino, Barbara F. M.; Riggio, Lucia. - In: EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1618-3169. - 62:4(2015), pp. 215-231. [10.1027/1618-3169/a000292]
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