Grasping a Chestnut Burr

Michalland, Arthur-Henri; Thébault, Guillaume; Briglia, Johan; Fraisse, Philippe; Brouillet, Denis

doi:10.1027/1618-3169/a000449

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“…Moreover, the potential involvement of force feedback is reinforced by the possibility that the size coding of response can be imputable to the magnitude of responses' feedback (Guerineau et al, 2021). Additionally, the relevance of force feedback into action coding is in accordance with studies reporting the involvement of this kind of feedback in action planning and action control (e.g., Michalland et al, 2019; Saint‐Aubert et al, 2019; Thébault et al, 2018, 2020).…”

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The size coding of responses: The size of switches and the force feedback

Heurley,

Michalland,

Guerineau

et al. 2023

Int J Psychol

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We aimed to understand which factors have a functional role in the size coding of responses, either the size of the switches or the force required to trigger each switch. This question is of relevance because it allows a better understanding of processes underlying action coding. In each trial, participants saw a small or large object. Depending on its colour, the participants had to press one of two switches. In the “size” condition, the response device consisted of two switches of different visual size, but both required the same amount of force. In the “force‐feedback” condition, the response device consisted in two switches of identical visual size, but one switch required more force than the other. We found a compatibility effect in the “size,” not in the “force‐feedback” condition, supporting that the size‐coding of responses would be due to the size of the switches.

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The size coding of responses: The size of switches and the force feedback

Heurley,

Michalland,

Guerineau

et al. 2023

Int J Psychol

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“…However, the complexity and variability of tactile and kinesthetic signals (e.g., [57,58]) may also lead the cognitive system to introduce some flexibility into the integration of such signals. For example, Michalland et al [59] showed that the impact of object dangerousness, object position, and body state depended on the hand used to produce a response; dominant (right) hand responses took into consideration all these features, while left hand responses did not take into consideration the body state.…”

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From Affordances to Abstract Words: The Flexibility of Sensorimotor Grounding

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The sensorimotor system plays a critical role in several cognitive processes. Here, we review recent studies documenting this interplay at different levels. First, we concentrate on studies that have shown how the sensorimotor system is flexibly involved in interactions with objects. We report evidence demonstrating how social context and situations influence affordance activation, and then focus on tactile and kinesthetic components in body–object interactions. Then, we turn to word use, and review studies that have shown that not only concrete words, but also abstract words are grounded in the sensorimotor system. We report evidence that abstract concepts activate the mouth effector more than concrete concepts, and discuss this effect in light of studies on adults, children, and infants. Finally, we pinpoint possible sensorimotor mechanisms at play in the acquisition and use of abstract concepts. Overall, we show that the involvement of the sensorimotor system is flexibly modulated by context, and that its role can be integrated and flanked by that of other systems such as the linguistic system. We suggest that to unravel the role of the sensorimotor system in cognition, future research should fully explore the complexity of this intricate, and sometimes slippery, relation.

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“…This can also have an impact on performance in experimental tasks when affective information is spatially congruent with the response (Yamaguchi et al, 2018 ), if positive and negative valence of stimuli is directly mapped to a response (Yamaguchi & Chen, 2019 ; see also Blask et al, 2016 , and Proctor, 2013 ), or if affective information is presented (on the handle of) graspable objects (Scerrati et al, 2022 ). Further, grasping objects of positive and negative valence is differently affected by using the dominant versus non-dominant hand (Michalland et al, 2019 ). In short: Valence has the power to affect behavior.…”

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Bound to a spider without its web: Task-type modulates the retrieval of affective information in subsequent responses

Schöpper,

Jerusalem,

Lötzke

et al. 2023

Atten Percept Psychophys

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Action control theories assume that upon responding to a stimulus response and stimulus features are integrated into a short episodic memory trace; repeating any component spurs on retrieval, affecting subsequent performance. The resulting so-called “binding effects” are reliably observed in discrimination tasks. In contrast, in localization performance, these effects are absent and only inhibition of return (IOR) emerges – a location change benefit. Affective information has been found to modulate binding effects; yet a modulation of IOR has led to mixed results, with many finding no influence at all. In the current study, participants discriminated letters (Experiment 1) or localized dots (Experiment 2) on a touchpad in prime-probe sequences. During the prime display two images – one with fruits and one with a spider – appeared, one of which spatially congruent with the to-be-touched area. In the discrimination task, previously touching a spider compared to a fruit slowed down response repetitions. In contrast, the localization task only showed IOR. This suggests that task-irrelevant valence is integrated with the response and affects subsequent responses due to retrieval. However, this is not ubiquitous but depends on task type. The results shed further light on the impact of affective information on actions.

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Grasping a Chestnut Burr

Cited by 5 publications

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The size coding of responses: The size of switches and the force feedback

The size coding of responses: The size of switches and the force feedback

From Affordances to Abstract Words: The Flexibility of Sensorimotor Grounding

Bound to a spider without its web: Task-type modulates the retrieval of affective information in subsequent responses

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