Journal article
Looking for the source of the simon effect: evidence of multiple codes
The American journal of psychology, Vol.117(4), pp.531-542
2004
DOI: 10.2307/4148990
PMID: 15605957
Abstract
The Simon effect (SE) usually is described as the performance advantage that results when a target and its associated response share the same spatial code, as opposed to when they do not, even when the target's spatial code is task-irrelevant. To some, this task-irrelevant code represents the location of the target with respect to the participant (Simon & Craft, 1970), whereas to others (Umiltà & Nicoletti, 1992) it represents the location of the target with respect to the locus of attention. By using a spatial cuing procedure, we simultaneously tested both of these hypotheses and found evidence that both types of codes produce independent SEs, therefore providing evidence that multiple spatial codes can simultaneously influence performance in a Simon task.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Looking for the source of the simon effect: evidence of multiple codes
- Creators
- Alejandro Lleras - University of British Columbia. axl223@psu.eduCathleen M MooreJ Toby Mordkoff
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of psychology, Vol.117(4), pp.531-542
- DOI
- 10.2307/4148990
- PMID
- 15605957
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Psychol
- ISSN
- 0002-9556
- eISSN
- 1939-8298
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2004
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984002585802771
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