Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2011 Sep;37(5):1209-27. doi: 10.1037/a0023915.
The binding of stimulus and response features into stimulus-response (S-R) episodes or "event files" is a basic process for the efficient control of behavior. However, relevant information is usually accompanied by information that is irrelevant for the selection of action. Recent studies showed that even irrelevant information is bound into event files. In this study, we investigated the boundary conditions of distractor-response binding and subsequent distractor-based response retrieval processes. In particular, we tested whether the inclusion of distractor information into S-R episodes is modulated by whether the distractor and target stimulus are perceived as belonging to the same object or as belonging to different objects. We argue that distracting information is only bound into S-R episodes if it is perceived as belonging to the same object as the relevant information, whereas no binding occurs when the distracting information is perceived as belonging to a separate object. In 6 experiments, we found evidence for the modulation of distractor-response bindings according to perceptual grouping principles.
刺激和反应特征结合成刺激-反应（S-R）事件或“事件文件”是有效控制行为的基本过程。然而，相关信息通常伴随着与动作选择无关的信息。最近的研究表明，即使是不相关的信息也被绑定到事件文件中。在这项研究中，我们研究了分心-反应绑定的边界条件以及随后的基于分心的反应检索过程。特别是，我们测试了分心信息是否被纳入 S-R 事件序列，这是否取决于分心刺激和目标刺激是否被感知为属于同一个物体或属于不同的物体。我们认为，只有当分心信息被感知为与相关信息属于同一个物体时，分心信息才会被绑定到 S-R 事件序列中，而当分心信息被感知为属于一个单独的物体时，则不会发生绑定。在 6 项实验中，我们根据知觉分组原则找到了调节分心-反应绑定的证据。
