Influences of response-activating stimuli and passage of time on the Simon effect

Autor(en)

Ulrich Ansorge

Abstrakt

Two possible explanations for an interaction between the Simon effect and the flanker-congruence effect (Hommel, 1997) were tested: (1) Direct contributions by the locations of the response-activating flankers to the Simon effect, and (2) the passage of time since the target's onset. In three experiments, little evidence for both explanations was observed. The data confirmed an assumed origin of the Simon effect at the stage of response selection. Further, the results are in line with the assumption that context stimuli contribute indirectly to the Simon effect of the target (i.e., by changing the target's relative position), and extend previous findings to show that the assumption holds for clearly response-activating context stimuli, too. Finally, the results suggest that Simon effects follow different time courses depending on whether they are induced by observer-relative or context-relative target positions.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Psychologie der Kognition, Emotion und Methoden

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Bielefeld

Journal

Psychological Research

Band

67

Seiten

174-183

Anzahl der Seiten

10

ISSN

0340-0727

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-002-0115-4

Publikationsdatum

08-2003

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501001 Allgemeine Psychologie

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/influences-of-responseactivating-stimuli-and-passage-of-time-on-the-simon-effect(2f8b2d20-d52d-4054-8187-08baa15e9c88).html