Sequential adaptation to modality incompatibility.

Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance, vol. 49, pp. 1360–1376

Abstract

Modality-compatible stimulus-response mappings (e.g., responding vocally to an auditory stimulus and manually to a visual stimulus) are often easier to perform than modality-incompatible sets (reversed modality mappings). Here, we investigate sequential, trial-to-trial, modulations of modality compatibility effects. By reanalyzing a previous experiment and conducting two specifically tailored, new experiments, we demonstrate robust within-task sequential modulations. Furthermore, we test for between-task adaptations by intermixing the modality switching task with a Simon task. Results show reliable sequential adaptations within the modality switching task, but no transfer of adaptation between tasks in either direction. We discuss how a combination of prominent theoretical accounts such as conflict adaptation and episodic binding can serve as the cognitive underpinnings of the observed sequential adaptations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Authors 5

1. Robert Wirth

   University of Würzburg

   Affiliation as printed

   Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Department of Psychology

2. Solveig Tonn

   University of Würzburg

   Affiliation as printed

   Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Department of Psychology

3. Moritz Schaaf

   University of Würzburg

   Affiliation as printed

   Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Department of Psychology

4. Iring Koch Aachen Department of Psychology

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Department of Psychology

5. Wilfried Kunde

   University of Würzburg

   Affiliation as printed

   Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Department of Psychology