15 years of "Theory of Event Coding" - recent developments and future challenges

目前的科学网络研究建议集中在事件编码理论（TEC; Hommel，Müsseler，Aschersleben，& Prinz，2001），该理论在15年前出版时引发了认知心理学领域的重大范式转变。核心假设涉及心理事件编码和表征的各个方面。近年来，来自各种实验室的研究结果提供了与TEC核心假设一致的证据（如共同编码原则或远端基于特征的事件表示的想法，即“事件文件”或刺激-反应[S-R]绑定）。最近，S-R绑定和提取过程等有影响力的想法在认知控制、联想学习和社会认知现象（如社会共享任务或模仿中的动作共同表征）等相关主题的研究中越来越受欢迎。这些最近的调查结果中有许多与过渡时期行政委员会的调查结果是一致的;然而，有些调查结果有可能扩大过渡时期行政委员会的影响范围或缩小其边界。在规划的网络中，我们的目标是深入分析这些最新发展以及它们在多大程度上需要进一步规范和修改TEC，这将在网络中开发。特别是，该网络将处理（a）四个研究领域的哪些最新发展（即，感知和行动规划;认知控制;联想学习;和社会背景）对TEC有重要意义;（B）这些最新的见解产生了哪些影响，以及它们如何与TEC作为理解人类感知，行动调节和一般认知的中心框架的优点有关;以及（c）这些新发现如何与TEC协调（例如，在更新的、修改的版本中）。我们倡议的结果将提交给科学界（通过特刊和会议专题讨论会）以及公众（即，通过一篇科普文章）。此外，该网络旨在加强其成员之间的科学交流，为未来的合作研究工作奠定基础。

The present research proposal for a scientific network focusses on the Theory of Event Coding (TEC; Hommel, Müsseler, Aschersleben, & Prinz, 2001), which provoked a major paradigm shift in the field of Cognitive Psychology with its publication 15 years ago. Central assumptions concern aspects of mental event coding and representation. In recent years, research findings from a variety of labs provided evidence that is consistent with TEC's core assumptions (like the common coding principle or the idea of distal, feature-based event representation in terms of "event files" or stimulus-response [S-R] bindings). As of late, influential ideas like S-R binding and retrieval processes are becoming more and more popular for research on related topics like cognitive control, associative learning, and social-cognitive phenomena (like action co-representation in socially shared tasks or imitation). Many of these recent findings are consistent with TEC; some, however, bear the potential to broaden its sphere of influence or sharpen its borders. Within the planned network, we aim for an in-depth analysis of these recent developments and the extent to which they impose the need for further specifications and modifications of the TEC, which will be developed in the network. In particular, the network will address (a) which recent developments from four research fields (i.e., perception and action planning; cognitive control; associative learning; and social context) are significant for the TEC; (b) which implications follow from these recent insights and how they relate to TEC's merit as a central framework for the understanding of human perception, action regulation, and cognition in general; and (c) how these new findings can be reconciled with TEC (e.g., in an updated, modified version). The results of our initiative will be presented to the scientific community (by means of a special issue and in a conference symposium) as well as to the general public (i.e., via a popular science article). Furthermore, the network aims to intensify the scientific exchange between its members, which paves the ground for future collaborative research endeavors.