Response-response compatibility during bimanual movements: evidence for the conceptual coding of action

Eliot Hazeltine

doi:10.3758/BF03196758

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Response-response compatibility during bimanual movements: evidence for the conceptual coding of action

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Response-response compatibility during bimanual movements: evidence for the conceptual coding of action

Eliot Hazeltine

Psychonomic bulletin & review, Vol.12(4), pp.682-688

08/2005

DOI: 10.3758/BF03196758

PMID: 16447382

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The present study investigated response-response (R-R) compatibility in a bimanual keypressing task. Numeric and spatial stimuli were used to cue responses for each hand. Two groups of participants differed in terms of the stimulus-response mappings for the numeric stimuli. For one group, the numeric stimuli were mapped so that the same number for each hand indicated responses that were anatomically compatible (e.g., index finger of both hands). For the other group, the same number for each hand indicated responses that were left-right compatible (e.g., leftmost finger of both hands). The spatial stimuli were mapped in a spatially compatible manner to the responses for both groups. For numeric stimuli, reaction times (RTs) were faster when the same number indicated the response for each hand, regardless of the mapping. For the spatial stimuli, RTs were determined not only by the pairing of stimuli or responses, but also by how the responses were indicated by numeric stimuli. The results indicate that R-R compatibility effects are mediated by abstract codes that reflect individuals' conceptualizations of their actions.

Psychomotor Performance

Choice Behavior

Humans

Attention

Male

Reaction Time

Functional Laterality

Orientation

Psychophysics

Adolescent

Adult

Female

Concept Formation

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Title: Subtitle: Response-response compatibility during bimanual movements: evidence for the conceptual coding of action
Creators: Eliot Hazeltine - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, 11 Seashore Hall E, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. eliot-hazeltine@uiowa.edu
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Psychonomic bulletin & review, Vol.12(4), pp.682-688
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196758
PMID: 16447382
ISSN: 1069-9384
eISSN: 1531-5320
Language: English
Date published: 08/2005
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984070796302771

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