Journal article
Redundancy gains and coactivation with two different targets: The problem of target preferences and the effects of display frequency
Perception & psychophysics, Vol.53(5), pp.527-535
09/1993
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205201
PMID: 8332422
Abstract
When a visual display contains two targets, both of which require the same response, reaction times (RTs) are faster than when only one target appears. This effect has previously been obtained regardless of whether the redundant targets are the same or different in shape, and in at least one set of two-target experiments, the redundancy gains have been larger for different targets (Grice & Reed, 1992). Experiments with two different targets have also revealed violations of the race-model inequality, suggesting that redundant targets coactivate the response (Miller, 1982). The present paper reexamines both of these findings, because both appear to be inconsistent with the interactive race model (Mordkoff & Yantis, 1991). Experiment 1 shows that the race-model inequality is not violated when the experimental design is free of biased contingencies; Experiment 1 also provides evidence that target preferences may artifactually produce the RT advantage for different- over same-target trials. Experiment 2, however, shows that the race-model inequality is violated when the frequencies of single- and redundant-target displays are equated (without introducing any biased contingencies), implying that the interactive race model cannot account for the results of experiments involving more than one type of target. Alternative loci for coactivation are briefly discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Redundancy gains and coactivation with two different targets: The problem of target preferences and the effects of display frequency
- Creators
- J. Toby MordkoffJeff Miller
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Perception & psychophysics, Vol.53(5), pp.527-535
- DOI
- 10.3758/BF03205201
- PMID
- 8332422
- ISSN
- 0031-5117
- eISSN
- 1532-5962
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1993
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984002589202771
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