The ideomotor principle holds that anticipating the sensory consequences of a movement
triggers an associated motor response. Even though this framework dates back to the 19th …

Context information can guide cognitive control, but both the extent and the underlying
processes are poorly understood. Previous studies often found that the congruency …

Response-irrelevant stimuli can be encoded with, and later on retrieve, a response given to
a relevant stimulus, an effect that is called distractor–response binding. In three experiments …

Following exposure to consistent stimulus–stop map**s, response inhibition can become
automatized with practice. What is learned is less clear, even though this has important …

Even an irrelevant distractor stimulus is integrated into event files. Subsequently repeating
the distractor triggers retrieval of the event file; however, an unresolved issue concerns the …

Intertrial priming effects in visual search and action control suggest the involvement of
binding and retrieval processes. However, the role of distractor-response binding (DRB) in …

Localizing targets repeating or changing their position typically leads to a benefit for location
changes, that is, inhibition of return (IOR). Yet, IOR is mostly absent when sequentially …

Actions can be investigated by using sequential priming tasks, in which participants respond
to prime and probe targets (sometimes accompanied by distractors). Facilitation and …

Short-term bindings between responses and events in the environment ensure efficient
behavioral control. This notion holds true for two particular types of binding: bindings …

Binding theories assume that stimulus and response features are integrated into short-
lasting episodes and that upon repetition of any feature the whole episode is retrieved …