Abstract
In the Go/No-go task, visual stimuli presented during the Go response are more likely to be recognized than those presented during the No-go response. Since even the No-go response promotes recognition compared to a non-action task, it is suggested that both action preparation and execution promote recognition. However, previous studies have not examined the effects of action preparation and execution separately. Therefore, the present study examined this using a modified Go/No-go task. In this task, the first cue, an image, and the second cue were presented sequentially. The first cue instructed participants whether to prepare for a Go response, and the second cue instructed participants whether to execute the Go response. A recognition task followed the modified Go/No-go task. Although we hypothesized that conditions, where the Go response was prepared or executed, would show better recognition performance for visual stimuli, Bayesian ANOVA provided evidence to reject this hypothesis.
