Human skilled behavior requires preparatory processes that selectively make sensory and motor systems more efficient for perceiving the upcoming stimulus and performing the correct action. We review the literature concerning these preparatory processes as studied by response-cuing paradigm, and propose a model that accounts for the major findings. According to the Grouping Model, advance or precue information directs a dynamic process of subgroup making-that is, a process of stimulus- and response-set reconfiguration-whereby the internal representation of the task is simplified. The Grouping Model assigns a critical role to the unit of selection, with Gestalt factors and interresponse dependencies mediating the formation and strength of stimulus and response subgroups. In a series of five experiments, we manipulated perceptual and motoric grouping factors, and studied their independent and interactive effects on the pattern of precuing benefits. Generally, the results were consistent with the Grouping Model's account of response-cuing effects.

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准备感知和行动（I）：分组在反应提示范式中的作用

人类熟练的行为需要有选择性地使感觉和运动系统更有效地感知即将到来的刺激并执行正确动作的准备过程。我们回顾了有关响应提示范式研究的这些准备过程的文献，并提出了一个解释主要发现的模型。根据分组模型，提前或预兆信息指导子组形成的动态过程——即刺激和响应集重新配置的过程——从而简化了任务的内部表示。分组模型为选择单元分配了关键角色，格式塔因素和反应间依赖性介导了刺激和反应亚组的形成和强度。在一系列的五个实验中，我们操纵了知觉和运动分组因素，并研究了它们对预先受益模式的独立和交互影响。一般来说，结果与分组模型对反应提示效应的解释一致。