Abstract
Cognitive control has been extensively studied using the auditory and visual modalities. In the current study, a tactile version of the Simon task was created in order to test control mechanisms in a modality that was less studied, to provide comparative and new information. A significant Simon effect - reaction time gap between congruent (i.e., stimulus and response in the same relative location) and incongruent (i.e., stimulus and response in opposite locations) stimuli - provided grounds to further examine both general and tactile-specific aspects of cognitive control in three experiments. By implementing a neutral condition and conducting sequential and distributional analysis, the present study: (a) supports two different independent mechanisms of cognitive control - reactive control and proactive control; (b) reveals facilitation and interference within the tactile Simon effect; and (c) proposes modality differences in activation and processing of the spatially driven stimulus-response association.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 165-179 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Experimental Psychology |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Attention
- Cognitive control
- Neutrals
- Sequential analysis
- Simon effect
- Tactile
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- General Psychology