The location-, word-, and arrow-based Simon effects: An ex-Gaussian analysis.

Task-irrelevant spatial information, conveyed by stimulus location, location word, or arrow direction, can influence the response to task-relevant attributes, generating the location-, word-, and arrow-based Simon effects. We examined whether different mechanisms are involved in the generation of th...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 497 - 507
Autores principales: Luo, Chunming, Proctor, Robert W.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2018
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          Luo, Chunming
          Proctor, Robert W.
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          CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, 100101, Beijing, China
          Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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        Cognition
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        Reaction time
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      ab: Task-irrelevant spatial information, conveyed by stimulus location, location word, or arrow direction, can influence the response to task-relevant attributes, generating the location-, word-, and arrow-based Simon effects. We examined whether different mechanisms are involved in the generation of these Simon effects by fitting a mathematical ex-Gaussian function to empirical response time (RT) distributions. Specifically, we tested whether which ex-Gaussian parameters (<italic>μ</italic>, <italic>σ</italic>, and <italic>τ</italic>) show Simon effects and whether the location-, word, and arrow-based effects are on different parameters. Results show that the location-based Simon effect occurred on mean RT and <italic>μ</italic> but not on <italic>τ</italic>, and a reverse Simon effect occurred on <italic>σ</italic>. In contrast, a positive word-based Simon effect was obtained on all these measures (including <italic>σ</italic>), and a positive arrow-based Simon effect was evident on mean RT, <italic>σ</italic>, and <italic>τ</italic> but not <italic>μ</italic>. The arrow-based Simon effect was not different from the word-based Simon effect on <italic>τ</italic> or <italic>σ</italic> but was on <italic>μ</italic> and mean RT. These distinct results on mean RT and ex-Gaussian parameters provide evidence that spatial information conveyed by the various location modes are different in the time-course of activation.
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