Spatial coding of object typical size: evidence for a SNARC-like effect.
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| Title: | Spatial coding of object typical size: evidence for a SNARC-like effect. |
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| Authors: | Sellaro, Roberta, Treccani, Barbara, Job, Remo, Cubelli, Roberto |
| Source: | Psychological Research. Nov2015, Vol. 79 Issue 6, p950-962. 13p. 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 3 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Decision making, Stimulus & response (Psychology), Semantics, Task performance, Comparative studies |
| Abstract: | The present study aimed to assess whether the representation of the typical size of objects can interact with response position codes in two-choice bimanual tasks, and give rise to a SNARC-like effect (faster responses when the representation of the typical size of the object to which the target stimulus refers corresponds to response side). Participants performed either a magnitude comparison task (in which they were required to judge whether the target was smaller or larger than a reference stimulus; Experiment 1) or a semantic decision task (in which they had to classify the target as belonging to either the category of living or non-living entities; Experiment 2). Target stimuli were pictures or written words referring to either typically large and small animals or inanimate objects. In both tasks, participants responded by pressing a left- or right-side button. Results showed that, regardless of the to-be-performed task (magnitude comparison or semantic decision) and stimulus format (picture or word), left responses were faster when the target represented typically small-sized entities, whereas right responses were faster for typically large-sized entities. These results provide evidence that the information about the typical size of objects is activated even if it is not requested by the task, and are consistent with the idea that objects' typical size is automatically spatially coded, as has been proposed to occur for number magnitudes. In this representation, small objects would be on the left and large objects would be on the right. Alternative interpretations of these results are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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