TY - JOUR AU - Janczyk, Markus AU - Heinemann, Alexander AU - Pfister, Roland PY - 2012 M3 - Original Research TI - Instant Attraction: Immediate Action-Effect Bindings Occur for Both, Stimulus- and Goal-Driven Actions JO - Frontiers in Psychology UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00446 VL - 3 SN - 1664-1078 N2 - Flexible behavior is only possible if contingencies between own actions and following environmental effects are acquired as quickly as possible; and recent findings indeed point toward an immediate formation of action-effect bindings already after a single coupling of an action and its effect. The present study explored whether these short-term bindings occur for both, stimulus- and goal-driven actions (“forced-choice actions” vs. “free-choice actions”). Two experiments confirmed that immediate action-effect bindings are formed for both types of actions and affect upcoming behavior. These findings support the view that action-effect binding is a ubiquitous phenomenon which occurs for any type of action. ER -