The influence of action on XXXX : behavioral response toward stimuli modifies the selection process.

@entity1 @entity227 @entity146
In five experiments, we investigated how simple actions (as assessed via a go/no-go task) influence @entity227 . In Experiments 1 and 2, @entity1 responded (go) when a color name (cue) matched a colored shape (prime), and did not respond (no-go) when they mismatched. @entity1 then searched a visual array for a tilted line, either embedded within the prime (valid prime) or within a different shape of a different color (invalid prime). For go trials, but not for no-go trials, the validity of the prime influenced @entity146 so that faster RTs were observed when the prime was valid as compared with when it was invalid. In Experiment 3, the go/no-go task was based on the shape of the prime. The color of the prime, but not the shape, was re-presented in the search array, and its validity produced a similar pattern as in Experiments 1-2. In Experiment 4, @entity1 responded when the color name and prime mismatched. Reaction times indicated that attentional set had an influence on the validity differences in Experiments 1-3. In Experiment 5, the go/no-go task was based on whether a digit matched a digit appearing within the prime. Go trials produced similar validity effects as observed in Experiments 1-3.
