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Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation
Generating random number sequences is a popular psychological task often used to measure executive functioning. We explore random generation under “joint cognition” instructions; pairs of participants take turns to compile a shared response sequence. Across three studies, we point to six key finding...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4792471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151306 |
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author | Towse, John Nicholas Towse, Andrea Sarah Saito, Satoru Maehara, Yukio Miyake, Akira |
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description | Generating random number sequences is a popular psychological task often used to measure executive functioning. We explore random generation under “joint cognition” instructions; pairs of participants take turns to compile a shared response sequence. Across three studies, we point to six key findings from this novel format. First, there are both costs and benefits from group performance. Second, repetition avoidance occurs in dyadic as well as individual production settings. Third, individuals modify their choices in a dyadic situation such that the pair becomes the unit of psychological function. Fourth, there is immediate contagion of sequence stereotypy amongst the pairs (i.e., each contributor “owns” their partner’s response). Fifth, dyad effects occur even when participants know their partner is not interacting with them (Experiment 2). Sixth, ironically, directing participants’ efforts away from their shared task responsibility can actually benefit conjoint performance (Experiment 3). These results both constrain models of random generation and illuminate processes of joint cognition. |
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spelling | pubmed-47924712016-03-23 Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation Towse, John Nicholas Towse, Andrea Sarah Saito, Satoru Maehara, Yukio Miyake, Akira PLoS One Research Article Generating random number sequences is a popular psychological task often used to measure executive functioning. We explore random generation under “joint cognition” instructions; pairs of participants take turns to compile a shared response sequence. Across three studies, we point to six key findings from this novel format. First, there are both costs and benefits from group performance. Second, repetition avoidance occurs in dyadic as well as individual production settings. Third, individuals modify their choices in a dyadic situation such that the pair becomes the unit of psychological function. Fourth, there is immediate contagion of sequence stereotypy amongst the pairs (i.e., each contributor “owns” their partner’s response). Fifth, dyad effects occur even when participants know their partner is not interacting with them (Experiment 2). Sixth, ironically, directing participants’ efforts away from their shared task responsibility can actually benefit conjoint performance (Experiment 3). These results both constrain models of random generation and illuminate processes of joint cognition. Public Library of Science 2016-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4792471/ /pubmed/26977923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151306 Text en © 2016 Towse et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Towse, John Nicholas Towse, Andrea Sarah Saito, Satoru Maehara, Yukio Miyake, Akira Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation |
title | Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation |
title_full | Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation |
title_fullStr | Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation |
title_full_unstemmed | Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation |
title_short | Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation |
title_sort | joint cognition: thought contagion and the consequences of cooperation when sharing the task of random sequence generation |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4792471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151306 |
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