Action inhibition and affordances associated with a non-target object: An integrative review

Vainio, Lari; Ellis, Rob

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.02.029

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“…Research suggests that the NHA effect reflects automatic inhibition of the response that is compatible with the handle orientation of a perceived non-target object in the absence of any facilitation of an incompatible response (Vainio, 2021 ; Vainio et al, 2014 ). This perspective is in line with the views that inhibition of response tendencies that are inappropriate to the ongoing behavior is crucial to optimally execute goal-directed behavior (Caligiore et al, 2013 ; Cardellicchio et al, 2018 ; Duque et al, 2017 ; Houghton & Tipper, 1994 ; Vainio & Ellis, 2020 ).…”

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“…In addition to linking response control processes related to the go/no-go tasks to conflict monitoring (e.g., Donkers & van Boxtel, 2004 ), even more commonly withholding responses in the no-go trials of the go/no-go tasks have been investigated to reveal response inhibition mechanisms (e.g., Van Boxtel et al, 2001 ). It has been previously proposed that the NHA effect might recruit the response inhibition mechanisms that overlap with the mechanisms enabling withholding response in the no-go trials of the go/no-go tasks (Vainio & Ellis, 2020 ). The results of the present study support this proposal to some extent.…”

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“…Investigation of the mechanisms underlying the NHA effect can improve understanding of these processes that control habitual behavior. Previously, the NHA effect has been speculated to be based on response conflict-monitoring processes (Vainio & Ellis, 2020 ). In addition, it has been suggested that the NHA effect is based on response control mechanisms that operate to solve potential conflicts of response selection caused by perceived affordance of a non-target object (Vainio, 2021 ).…”

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Negative affordance effect: automatic response inhibition triggered by handle orientation of non-target object

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Habituated response tendency associated with affordance of an object is automatically inhibited if this affordance cue is extracted from a non-target object. This study presents two go/no-go experiments investigating whether this response control operates in response selection processes and whether it is linked to conflict-monitoring mechanisms. In the first experiment, the participants performed responses with one hand, and in the second experiment, with two hands. In addition, both experiments consisted of two blocks with varying frequency of go conditions (25%-go vs. 75%-go). The non-target-related response inhibition effect was only observed in Experiment 2 when the task required selecting between two hands. Additionally, the results did not reveal patterns typically related to conflict monitoring when go-frequency is manipulated and when a stimulus–response compatibility effect is examined relative to congruency condition of the previous trial. The study shows that the non-target-related response inhibition assists hand selection and is relatively resistant to conflict-monitoring processes.

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Negative affordance effect: automatic response inhibition triggered by handle orientation of non-target object

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“…What response control mechanisms are then responsible for inhibiting responses associated with affordance of a non-target? Vainio and Ellis (2020) proposed the possibility that the negative compatibility effect associated with the affordance of a non-target object might be based on response control mechanisms similar to those usually linked to the stopsignal and go/no-go tasks. It is generally assumed that response inhibition in these paradigms is controlled by a fronto-basal-ganglia circuit that includes, for example, specific mechanisms of the right inferior frontal gyrus, pre-supplementary motor area, and basal ganglia (Chambers et al, 2009).…”

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Automatic inhibition of habitual response associated with a non-target object while performing goal-directed actions

Vainio

2020

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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This study is devoted to investigating mechanisms that inhibit habituated response associated with affordance of a non-target while executing action directed to a target. In four experiments, a paradigm was used that required a rapid left- or right-hand response according to the direction of the target arrow presented simultaneously or in close temporal proximity to a non-target whose handle position afforded grasping with the left or right hand. In general, responding was decelerated and more erroneous when the handle position was compatible with the responding hand. This effect of response inhibition was removed when the delay between the non-target offset and target onset was longer than 200 ms, and reversed into response facilitation when the target onset was delayed for 400–600 ms. The study suggests that processes that control withholding habitual response associated with affordance of a non-target utilize response inhibition mechanisms overlapping with those involved in behavioral control of the stop-signal task. This response inhibition is triggered automatically and directly by affordance of a non-target without preceding response excitation associated with this affordance cue.

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“…It has recently been proposed that grasp compatibility effects related to both visual objects and nouns can be generated by a double neural route of behavior control (Caligiore, Borghi, Parisi, and Baldassarre, 2010; Caligiore et al, 2013; see also Vainio & Ellis, 2020). In a bio‐inspired computational model (TRoPICALS, Caligiore et al, 2010, 2013), the authors replicated the experimental results of Tucker and Ellis (2004) and Borghi, Glenberg, and Kaschak (2004).…”

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Adjectives Modulate Sensorimotor Activation Driven by Nouns

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We performed three experiments to investigate whether adjectives can modulate the sensorimotor activation elicited by nouns. In Experiment 1, nouns of graspable objects were used as stimuli. Participants had to decide if each noun referred to a natural or artifact, by performing either a precision or a power reach‐to‐grasp movement. Response grasp could be compatible or incompatible with the grasp typically used to manipulate the objects to which the nouns referred. The results revealed faster reaction times (RTs) in compatible than in incompatible trials. In Experiment 2, the nouns were combined with adjectives expressing either disadvantageous information about object graspability (e.g., sharp) or information about object color (e.g., reddish). No difference in RTs between compatible and incompatible conditions was found when disadvantageous adjectives were used. Conversely, a compatibility effect occurred when color adjectives were combined with nouns referring to natural objects. Finally, in Experiment 3 the nouns were combined with adjectives expressing tactile or shape proprieties of the objects (e.g., long or smooth). Results revealed faster RTs in compatible than in incompatible condition for both noun categories. Taken together, our findings suggest that adjectives can shape the sensorimotor activation elicited by nouns of graspable objects, highlighting that language simulation goes beyond the single‐word level.

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Action inhibition and affordances associated with a non-target object: An integrative review

Cited by 19 publications

References 150 publications

Negative affordance effect: automatic response inhibition triggered by handle orientation of non-target object

Negative affordance effect: automatic response inhibition triggered by handle orientation of non-target object

Automatic inhibition of habitual response associated with a non-target object while performing goal-directed actions

Adjectives Modulate Sensorimotor Activation Driven by Nouns

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