Choosing the Larger Versus Choosing the Smaller: Asymmetries in the Size Congruity Effect
Choosing the Larger Versus Choosing the Smaller: Asymmetries in the Size Congruity Effect
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DOI：
10.1037/xlm0000135
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发表时间：
2015-11-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Henik, Avishai
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作者：
Arend, Isabel;Henik, Avishai
大小一致性效应（SiCE）表明数量和物理大小作为量值相互作用。也就是说，当数量和大小一致时，响应时间更快（例如，24.当他们吃得不协调时（例如，24）。一个共享的代表系统一直是SiCE最有影响力的帐户。最近，这一解释受到了挑战，研究结果表明，SiCE可能受到注意力的影响。注意对SiCE的贡献表明，这种效应是由对较大刺激的注意捕获效应产生的。尽管似乎合理，但注意力解释忽略了研究数量级时的两个重要因素，即任务（数字vs. ph）和指令的极性（选择较大vs.较小）。我们研究了这些因素的影响，使用大小一致性任务。实验一表明，SiCE受任务和指令的调节。在实验2中，我们使用了一组新的数字来检查所谓的末端效应（即，对最小和最大数字的响应可以不需要数字比较）。实验2成功地复制了实验1的模式。我们认为，功能显着性和长期的语义过程调制SiCE。
The size congruity effect (SiCE) shows that number and physical size interact as magnitudes. That is, response, times are faster when number and size ate congruent (e.g., 2 4) than when they ate incongruent (e.g., 24). A shared representational system has been the most influential account for the SiCE. Recently, this account has been challenged by findings showing that the SiCE may he influenced by attention. The attentional contribution to the SiCE suggests that the effect is produced by an attention capture effect to the larger stimulus. Even though plausible, the attentional account overlooks 2 important factors in the study of magnitudes, namely, task (numerical vs. ph) sical') and polarity of instructions (choose the larger vs. the smaller). We studied the influence of these factors using a size congruity task. Experiment 1 showed that the SiCE was modulated by task and instructions. In Experiment 2, we used a new set of numbers to examine a possible influence of the so-called end effect (i.e., responses to the smallest and to the largest numbeiTs may not require number comparison). Experiment 2 successfully replicated the pattern of Experiment 1. We suggest that both feature saliency and long-term semantic processes modulate the SiCE.