When co-action eliminates the Simon effect: Disentangling the impact of co-actor’s presence and task sharing on joint-task performance

This study aimed at assessing whether the mere belief of performing a task with another person, who is in charge of the complementary part of the task, is sufficient for the so-called joint Simon effect to occur. In all three experiments of the study, participants sat alone in a room and underwent t...

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Main Authors: Roberta eSellaro, Barbara eTreccani, Sandro eRubichi, Roberto eCubelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00844/full