title: Response specific temporal expectancy: evidence from a variable foreperiod paradigm.
abstract: When a stimulus-response event is frequently paired with a specific foreperiod, response performance for this event is improved after this foreperiod. This phenomenon is referred to as specific temporal expectancy. In four experiments, we investigated whether stimulus- or response-related processing benefits from specific temporal expectancy. In a speeded choice reaction task, different features of the imperative stimuli were frequently paired with foreperiods in such a way that only in some experiments were the responses also frequently paired with foreperiods. Participants revealed evidence for specific temporal expectancy when responses were frequently paired with foreperiods, but not when only the stimuli were frequently paired with foreperiods. We concluded that specific temporal expectancy affects response-related processing.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Angewandte und Allgemeine Psychologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. Roland.Thomaschke@psychologie.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomaschke
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kiesel
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D059031:Anticipation, Psychological; D001244:Association; D001288:Attention; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013998:Time Perception; D055815:Young Adult