The Simon effect: Evidence of a response processing “functional locus”
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2019, CognitionCitation Excerpt :If the object-based CE is at least in part due to affordance effects, then we would expect between-hand responses to yield larger CEs due to presence of both spatial and affordance CEs. Conversely, according to a purely spatial account, we would expect no moderation by response mode, since spatial CEs are not sensitive to within-hand responses (Buckolz et al., 1996; Gerlach et al., 2002). An affordance account predicts that, when responding with crossed hands, CEs should emerge relative to the response hand, and not the response location.
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2012, Acta PsychologicaCitation Excerpt :They said, “Therefore, we can conclude that the spatial S–R compatibility effect for two-finger choice reactions itself essentially depends on the purely spatial rather than anatomical relations of the responses” (p. 126). With regard to the Simon effect, for which stimulus location is irrelevant, evidence indicates that the Simon effect is at least as large for within-hand keypresses as for between-hand keypresses (Buckolz, O'Donnell, & McAuliffe, 1996; Heister, Ehrenstein, & Schroeder-Heister, 1987; Katz, 1981). Heister et al. (1987) found large Simon effects of approximately 50 ms for within-hand responses, with both the palm up and palm down.
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2006, Acta PsychologicaCitation Excerpt :“Intentional” cues are symbols (e.g. arrowheads) that indicate the location of the required response with high validity. Several studies found no effects of attentional cueing on the Simon effect (e.g. Buckolz, O’Donnell, & McAuliffe, 1996; Proctor, Lu, & Van Zandt, 1992; Verfaellie, Bowers, & Heilman, 1988; Wascher & Wolber, 2004). In contrast, intentional cueing has been found to affect the Simon effect.
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