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ArticleExperimental brain research2024

A touching advantage: cross-modal stop-signals improve reactive response inhibition.

Maximilian A Friehs, Philipp Schmalbrock, Simon Merz, Martin Dechant, Gesa Hartwigsen, Christian Frings

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Article in Experimental brain research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Maximilian A FriehsPsychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety, Department of Technology, Human and Institutional Behaviour, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. m.a.friehs@utwente.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9362-4140
Philipp SchmalbrockDepartment of General Psychology and Methodology, Trier University, Trier, Germany.
Simon MerzDepartment of General Psychology and Methodology, Trier University, Trier, Germany.
Martin DechantUCLIC, University College London, London, UK.
Gesa HartwigsenLise-Meitner Research Group Cognition and Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
Christian FringsDepartment of General Psychology and Methodology, Trier University, Trier, Germany.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft FR 4485/1-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft HA 6314/4-2Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft HA 6314/9-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ME 5568/1-1
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Abstract

The ability to inhibit an already initiated response is crucial for navigating the environment. However, it is unclear which characteristics make stop-signals more likely to be processed efficiently. In three consecutive studies, we demonstrate that stop-signal modality and location are key factors that influence reactive response inhibition. Study 1 shows that tactile stop-signals lead to better performance compared to visual stop-signals in an otherwise visual choice-reaction task. Results of Study 2 reveal that the location of the stop-signal matters. Specifically, if a visual stop-signal is presented at a different location compared to the visual go-signal, then stopping performance is enhanced. Extending these results, study 3 suggests that tactile stop-signals and location-distinct visual stop-signals retain their performance enhancing effect when visual distractors are presented at the location of the go-signal. In sum, these results confirm that stop-signal modality and location influence reactive response inhibition, even in the face of concurrent distractors. Future research may extend and generalize these findings to other cross-modal setups.

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AttentionInhibition, PsychologicalHumansPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeCross-modalDistractorsInhibitionStop-signal

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PMID38227008
PMCPMC10894768

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