Selective binding of stimulus, response, and effect features

Moeller, Birte; Pfister, Roland; Kunde, Wilfried; Frings, Christian

doi:10.3758/s13423-019-01646-1

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“…In fact, it is commonly argued that the most important reason for selection is to act on the selected (and not the ignored) stimulus, resulting in the idea of "selection for action" (e.g., Allport, 1987). In fact, following recent developments in action control, these sequential selection processes are the result of binding information (about the stimuli, the executed response and the [sensory] effects; Moeller, Pfister, Kunde, & Frings, 2019) into an event file (see Hommel, 2004). This event file is then subsequently retrieved in the following trial (Frings et al, 2020).…”

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When irrelevant information helps: Extending the Eriksen-flanker task into a multisensory world

Merz

Frings

Spence

2020

Atten Percept Psychophys

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Charles W. Eriksen dedicated much of his research career to the field of cognitive psychology, investigating human information processing in those situations that required selection between competing stimuli. Together with his wife Barbara, he introduced the flanker task, which became one of the standard experimental tasks used by researchers to investigate the mechanisms underpinning selection. Although Eriksen himself was primarily interested in investigating visual selection, the flanker task was eventually adapted by other researchers to investigate human information processing and selection in a variety of nonvisual and multisensory situations. Here, we discuss the core aspects of the flanker task and interpret the evidence of the flanker task when used in crossmodal and multisensory settings. “Selection” has been a core topic of psychology for nearly 120 years. Nowadays, though, it is clear that we need to look at selection from a multisensory perspective—the flanker task, at least in its crossmodal and multisensory variants, is an important tool with which to investigate selection, attention, and multisensory information processing.

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When irrelevant information helps: Extending the Eriksen-flanker task into a multisensory world

Merz

Frings

Spence

2020

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“…An "event file" in turn represents the inter-relation of object and action files; that is, how specific stimulus features are related to specific action features (Hommel, 2004). Several lines of evidence have corroborated the concept of bindings between stimulus features and between stimulus and response features (Colzato, Warrens, & Hommel, 2006;Henson, Eckstein, Waszak, Frings, & Horner, 2014;Moeller, Pfister, Kunde, & Frings, 2019). Similarly, studies have also delineated the associated neurophysiological and functional neuroanatomical correlates (Keizer, Verment, & Hommel, 2010;Kühn, Keizer, Colzato, Rombouts, & Hommel, 2011;Opitz, Beste, & Stock, 2020;Petruo, Stock, Münchau, & Beste, 2016;Takacs, Mückschel, Roessner, & Beste, 2020).…”

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Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying motor feature binding processes and representations

Takács

Bluschke

Kleimaker

et al. 2020

Human Brain Mapping

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Coherent, voluntary action requires an integrated representation of these actions and their defining features. Although theories delineate how action integration requiring binding between different action features may be accomplished, the underlying neurophysiological mechanisms are largely elusive. The present study examined the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying binding processes in actions. To this end, we conducted EEG recordings and applied standard event‐related potential analyses, temporal EEG signal decomposition and multivariate pattern analyses (MVPA). According to the code occupation account, an overlap between a planned and a to‐be‐performed action impairs performance. The level, to which performance is attenuated depends on the strength of binding of action features. This binding process then determines the representation of them, the so‐called action files. We show that code occupation and bindings between action features specifically modulate processes preceding motor execution as showed by the stimulus‐locked lateralized readiness potential (LRP). Conversely, motor execution processes reflected by the response‐locked LRP were not modulated by action file binding. The temporal decomposition of the EEG signal, further distinguished between action file related processes: the planned response determining code occupation was reflected in general (voluntary) response selection but not in involuntary (response priming‐related) activation. Moreover, MVPA on temporally decomposed neural signals indicated that action files are represented as a continuous chain of activations. Within this chain, inhibitory and response re‐activation patterns can be distinguished. Taken together, the neurophysiological correlates of action file binding suggest that parallel, stimulus‐ and response‐related pre‐motor processes are responsible for the code occupation in the human motor system.

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“…(Treisman & Kahneman, 1984), while planning a response evokes a so‐called “action file” containing the relevant features of the given action (Hommel, 2004; Hommel et al, 2001). During the integration of perception and action, the codes of object files and action files undergo a complex, multi‐layered code sharing/binding process that gives rise to so‐called “event files” (Hommel, 2004; Moeller et al, 2019). These binding processes can be studied based on the finding that temporal co‐occurrence induces binding between a stimulus and a response.…”

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On the functional role of striatal and anterior cingulateGABA+ in stimulus‐response binding

Takács

Stock

Kuntke

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Successful response selection relies on constantly updating stimulus–response associations. The Theory of Event Coding (TEC) proposes that perception and action are conjointly coded in event files, for which fronto‐striatal networks seem to play an important role. However, the exact neurobiochemical mechanism behind event file coding has remained unknown. We investigated the functional relevance of the striatal and anterior cingulate (ACC) GABAergic system using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Specifically, the striatal and ACC concentrations of GABA+ referenced against N‐acetylaspartate (NAA) were assessed in 35 young healthy males, who subsequently performed a standard event file task. As predicted by the TEC, the participants' responses were modulated by pre‐established stimulus response bindings in event files. GABA+/NAA concentrations in the striatum and ACC were not correlated with the overall event binding effect. However, higher GABA+/NAA concentrations in the ACC were correlated with stronger event file binding processes in the early phase of the task. This association disappeared by the end of the task. Taken together, our findings show that striatal GABA+ levels does not seem to modulate event file binding, while ACC GABA+ seem to improve event file binding, but only as long as the participants have not yet gathered sufficient task experience. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study providing direct evidence for the role of striatal and ACC GABA+ in stimulus–response bindings and thus insights into the brain structure‐specific neurobiological aspects of the TEC.

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Selective binding of stimulus, response, and effect features

Cited by 26 publications

References 33 publications

When irrelevant information helps: Extending the Eriksen-flanker task into a multisensory world

When irrelevant information helps: Extending the Eriksen-flanker task into a multisensory world

Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying motor feature binding processes and representations

On the functional role of striatal and anterior cingulateGABA+ in stimulus‐response binding

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