Further evidence for the role of mode-independent short-term associations in spatial Simon effects
Further evidence for the role of mode-independent short-term associations in spatial Simon effects
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10.3758/bf03193522
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2005-05-01
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Custers, R
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De Houwer, J;Beckers, T;Custers, R
我们研究了刺激和反应之间的短期关联可以产生空间西蒙效应的条件。在与地点相关的试验中，参与者给出了中立的回答（即，他们发出无意义的音节“bee”或“boo”），这是基于所呈现的单词是否具有“左”或“右”的意义。“在与位置无关的试验中，他们根据左右方格的颜色给出了相同的反应。位置无关试验的性能受到不相关位置信息与位置相关试验中分配正确响应的位置之间的匹配的影响。实验1表明，这种外在的西蒙效应，只有当在位置相关的试验来自两种不同的语言的话被发现。在实验2中，我们发现了一个外在的西蒙效应，即使参与者只收到指示如何应对位置相关的试验，但实际上没有这样的试验。我们的研究结果表明，任务的需求决定是否短期协会是特定模式或模式独立，并确认这种协会可以成立的结果，只有指令。
We examined the conditions under which short-term associations between stimuli and responses can produce spatial Simon effects. On location-relevant trials, participants gave neutral responses(i.e., they uttered the nonsense syllable "bee" or "boo") on the basis of whether the presented word had the meaning of "left" or "right." On location-irrelevant trials, they gave the same responses on the basis of the color of left and right squares. Performance on the location-irrelevant trials was affected by the match between the irrelevant location information and the location to which the correct response was assigned on the location-relevant trials. Experiment 1 showed that this extrinsic Simon effect was found only when the words on the location-relevant trials came from two different languages. In Experiment 2, we found an extrinsic Simon effect even when participants only received instructions about how to respond on location-relevant trials but no such trials were actually presented. Our findings suggest that task demands determine whether short-term associations are mode specific or mode independent and confirm that such associations can be set up as the result of instructions only.