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TASK
Simon task
Subjects view arrows presented in the right or left visual field that were pointing to the left or right. Subjects respond via button press as to the direction of the arrow. In incongruent stimuli, left-pointing arrows are seen on the right side, and vice versa.

Definition contributed by BGregory about ten months ago.


Task records: 2  
motor planning
  • accuracy to congruent cues minus accuracy to incongruent cues
  
response inhibition
  • incongruent response time - congruent response time
  
No linked relations.

NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from the BrainMapLex.xls file located in the documentation section of: http://brainmap.org/scribe/index.html
about ten months ago

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
Subjects view arrows presented in the right or left visual field that were pointing to the left or right. Subjects respond via button press as to the direction of the arrow. In incongruent stimuli, left-pointing arrows are seen on the right side, and vice versa. (from the BrainMapLex.xls file located in the documentation section of: http://brainmap.org/scribe/index.html)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about two years ago:
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A feature-integration account of sequential effects in the Simon task.
Hommel B, Proctor RW, Vu KP
Psychological research (Psychol Res)
2004 Feb
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Priming processes in the Simon task: More evidence from the lexical decision task for a third route in the Simon effect.
Metzker M, Dreisbach G
Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance (J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform)
2011 Jun
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