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Buetti, Simona; Kerzel, Dirk – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2009
In the Simon effect, participants make a left or right keypress in response to a nonspatial attribute (e.g., color) that is presented on the left or right. Reaction times (RTs) increase when the response activated by the irrelevant stimulus location and the response retrieved by instruction are in conflict. The authors measured RTs and movement…
Descriptors: Conflict, Programming, Cognitive Processes, Stimuli