The Dynamic Range of Response Set Activation during Action Sequencing.

The Dynamic Range of Response Set Activation during Action Sequencing. Behmer, L. P. & Crump, M. J. C. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(3):537-554, March, 2017.

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During a paragraph typing task, we interrupted typist's action planning by shifting them to an unexpected location in a word, forcing them to restart typing at the cued letter. Reaction times were fastest when the cue indicated the expected next letter in a sequence, and increased in a graded fashion as the cued letter moved away from the expected next letter. These findings contribute to our basic understanding of the processes enabling actions to be produced in an intended order, and are consistent with inhibitory theories suggesting that planned responses in a sequence inhibit one another allowing more active responses early in a sequence to be produced before less active responses later in a sequence.

@article{Behmerdynamicrangeresponse2017a,
  title = {The Dynamic Range of Response Set Activation during Action Sequencing.},
  volume = {43},
  issn = {1939-1277, 0096-1523},
  doi = {10.1037/xhp0000335},
  abstract = {During a paragraph typing task, we interrupted typist's action planning by shifting them to an unexpected location in a word, forcing them to restart typing at the cued letter. Reaction times were fastest when the cue indicated the expected next letter in a sequence, and increased in a graded fashion as the cued letter moved away from the expected next letter. These findings contribute to our basic understanding of the processes enabling actions to be produced in an intended order, and are consistent with inhibitory theories suggesting that planned responses in a sequence inhibit one another allowing more active responses early in a sequence to be produced before less active responses later in a sequence.},
  language = {en},
  number = {3},
  journal = {Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance},
  author = {Behmer, Lawrence P. and Crump, Matthew J. C.},
  month = mar,
  year = {2017},
  pages = {537-554},
  url_PDF = {CrumpPubs/Behmer Crump 2017.pdf}
}

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