title: Spatial intention-response compatibility.
abstract: In the current investigation the assumption that intentions and actions are represented in the same medium or code (common coding hypothesis of intention and action) was tested and confirmed [Q. J. Exp. Psychol. 52 (1999) 1; Eur. J. Cognit. Psychol. 9 (1997) 129]. In two experiments it is shown that the intention to produce a spatial consequence in the environment to an otherwise spatially neutral stimulus leads to a shorter response, if the responses and the intended consequences share relative positions compared to a situation where this is not the case. In two control experiments it is ruled out that this spatial intention-response compatibility effect is due to an intention-independent expectancy of the consequences of the correct responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany. ulrich.ansorge@uni-bielefeld.de
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ansorge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D013028:Space Perception