Motor response influences perceptual awareness judgements

Marta Siedlecka; Justyna Hobot; Zuzanna Skóra; Borysław Paulewicz; Bert Timmermans; Michal Wierzchon

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2019.102804

Motor response influences perceptual awareness judgements

Marta Siedlecka (Corresponding Author), Justyna Hobot, Zuzanna Skóra, Borysław Paulewicz, Bert Timmermans, Michal Wierzchon

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Abstract

What is the relation between perceptual awareness and action? In this study we tested the hypothesis that motor response influences perceptual awareness judgements. We used perceptual discrimination task in which presentation of the stimulus was immediately followed by a cue requiring a motor response that was irrelevant to the task but could be the same, opposite, or neutral to the correct response to the stimulus. After responding to the cue, participants rated their stimulus awareness using the Perceptual Awareness Scale, and then carried out their discrimination response. Participants reported a higher level of stimulus awareness after carrying out responses that were either congruent or incongruent with a response required by a stimulus, compared to the neutral condition. The results suggest that motor response overlapping with potential response to the stimulus provides information about the outcome of decision process and increases the reported awareness of stimuli.

Original language	English
Article number	102804
Number of pages	9
Journal	Consciousness and Cognition
Volume	75
Early online date	19 Aug 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.102804
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019

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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Michał Wereszczyński for helping with data collection.

This work was supported by the National Science Centre, Poland [grant HARMONIA number 2014/14/M/HS6/00911 given to MW].

Keywords

Perception and action
Perceptual awareness
Sensorimotor theories of consciousness
CHOICE
ERRORS
DECISION-MAKING
CONSCIOUSNESS
REPRESENTATION
TIME
MECHANISMS
CONFIDENCE

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