Habituation in Predictability-Modulations of Stimulus-Response Binding
Acting intentionally requires the integration of perceptual with action information in a common representational format. In the action control literature, this integrated representation is often called event file and is measured in so-called stimulus-response binding effects. These effects allow us...
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| description | Acting intentionally requires the integration of perceptual with action information in a common representational format. In the action control literature, this integrated representation is often called event file and is measured in so-called stimulus-response binding effects. These effects allow us to measure the strength of this shared representation and the impact it can have on behavior. A well-established finding is that particular variables can modulate the size of binding effects – one recently discovered modulator is stimulus predictability: If perceptual information is perfectly predictable, stimulus-response binding effects diminish. Yet, the concrete mechanism of why predictability diminishes stimulus-response binding effects remained elusive so far. In the present study (N = 234), we compared two possible explanations for these modulation effects, namely habituation versus statistical learning. We found that it is unlikely that the predictability modulation is explained by habituation. Instead, we found evidence that is more in line with (but not exclusive to) learning of statistical regularities as an explanation. Our study thus adds to recent attempts to more closely relate learning mechanisms and action control. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cf2b7ed6251b4879b6bbf8bfc873df872025-08-20T02:26:40ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Cognition2514-48202025-03-0181272710.5334/joc.438437Habituation in Predictability-Modulations of Stimulus-Response BindingPhilip Schmalbrock0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-6620Jan Theeuwes1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5849-7721Christian Frings2Department of Psychology, University of Trier; Institute for Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience (ICAN), University of TrierVrije Universiteit AmsterdamDepartment of Psychology, University of Trier; Institute for Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience (ICAN), University of TrierActing intentionally requires the integration of perceptual with action information in a common representational format. In the action control literature, this integrated representation is often called event file and is measured in so-called stimulus-response binding effects. These effects allow us to measure the strength of this shared representation and the impact it can have on behavior. A well-established finding is that particular variables can modulate the size of binding effects – one recently discovered modulator is stimulus predictability: If perceptual information is perfectly predictable, stimulus-response binding effects diminish. Yet, the concrete mechanism of why predictability diminishes stimulus-response binding effects remained elusive so far. In the present study (N = 234), we compared two possible explanations for these modulation effects, namely habituation versus statistical learning. We found that it is unlikely that the predictability modulation is explained by habituation. Instead, we found evidence that is more in line with (but not exclusive to) learning of statistical regularities as an explanation. Our study thus adds to recent attempts to more closely relate learning mechanisms and action control.https://account.journalofcognition.org/index.php/up-j-jc/article/view/438action controls-r binding effectpredictabilitystatistical regularitieshabituation |
| spellingShingle | Philip Schmalbrock Jan Theeuwes Christian Frings Habituation in Predictability-Modulations of Stimulus-Response Binding Journal of Cognition action control s-r binding effect predictability statistical regularities habituation |
| title | Habituation in Predictability-Modulations of Stimulus-Response Binding |
| title_full | Habituation in Predictability-Modulations of Stimulus-Response Binding |
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| title_short | Habituation in Predictability-Modulations of Stimulus-Response Binding |
| title_sort | habituation in predictability modulations of stimulus response binding |
| topic | action control s-r binding effect predictability statistical regularities habituation |
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