Ideomotor Action: Evidence for Automaticity in Learning, but Not Execution.

ABSTRACT: Human habits are widely assumed to result from stimulus-response (S-R) associations that are formed if one frequently and consistently does the same thing in the same situation. According to Ideomotor Theory, a distinct but similar process could lead to response-outcome (R-O) associations if responses frequently and consistently produce the same outcomes. This process is assumed to occur spontaneously, and because these associations can operate in a bidirectional manner, merely perceiving or thinking of an outcome should automatically activate the associated action. In the current paper we test this automaticity feature of ideomotor learning. In four experiments, participants completed the same learning phase in which they could acquire associations, and were either explicitly informed abo

SUBMITTER: Sun D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7033682 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature