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| Research article summary (published 29 Nov 2002): |
Verbal response-effect compatibility.
Full Abstract
Ideomotor theory states that motor responses are activated by an anticipation of their sensory effects. We assumed that anticipated effects would produce response-effect (R-E) compatibility when there is dimensional overlap of effects and responses. In a four-choice task, visual digit stimuli called for verbal responses (color names). Each response produced a written response-effect on the screen. In different groups, the response-effect was a colored color word (e.g., blue in blue), a white color word, or a colored nonword (Xs in blue). In different blocks, the predictable effects were either incompatible (e.g., response "blue" --> effect:
green) or compatible with the response. We found faster responses with compatible than with incompatible R-E mappings. The compatibility effect was strongest with colored words, intermediate with white words, and smallest with colored nonwords. We conclude that effect anticipation influences response selection on both a perceptual level (related to the word's color) and a conceptual level (related to the word's meaning).
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Author/s: Koch, Iring (I); Kunde, Wilfried (W);
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich, Germany. iring.koch(-atsign-)mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Memory & cognition (Mem Cognit), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 30 (issue 8) : pp 1297-303
Dates: Created 2003/03/28; Completed 2003/04/23; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12661860, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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