@article{ref1,
title="Stopping movements: when others slow us down",
journal="European journal of neuroscience",
year="2014",
author="Cavallo, Andrea and Catmur, Caroline and Sowden, Sophie and Ianì, Francesco and Becchio, Cristina",
volume="40",
number="5",
pages="2842-2849",
abstract="Previous research has shown that performing joint actions can lead to the representation of both one's own and others' actions. In the present study we explored the influence of co-representation on response stopping. Are joint actions more difficult to stop than solo actions? Using a variation of the stop-signal task, we found that participants needed more time to stop a planned joint action compared with a planned solo action (Experiment 1). This effect was not observed when participants performed the task in the presence of a passive observer (Experiment 2). A third transcranial magnetic stimulation experiment (Experiment 3) demonstrated that joint stopping recruited a more selective suppression mechanism than solo stopping. Taken together, these results suggest that participants used a global inhibition mechanism when acting alone; however, they recruited a more selective and slower suppression mechanism when acting with someone else.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0953-816X",
doi="10.1111/ejn.12645",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejn.12645"
}