Mental imagery yields stimulus-response compatibility.
The present paper provides evidence for stimulus-response (S-R) compatibility effects in visual mental images. In two experiments subjects either studied a simple map (Experiment 1) or read a verbal description of the same map (Experiment 2), and then responded after generating a mental image of the presented information. Responses were made in a crossed-hand and in an uncrossed-hand manner, and the S-R arrangements were compatible and incompatible. In both experiments response latencies were found to be faster for compatible than for incompatible S-R mappings, and the crossed-hand condition resulted in increased response latencies relative to the uncrossed-hand condition. The findings are discussed with respect to the processing mechanisms involved in imagery and perception.
Tlauka
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Department of Psychology, University of Reading, UK. mtl6@leicester.ac.uk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003463:Cues; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*