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Title: A closer look at the agent advantage effect: The impact of motion lines.
Authors: Xu, Wenjia (AUTHOR), Papenmeier, Frank (AUTHOR), Huff, Markus (AUTHOR)
Source: Visual Cognition. May2025, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p299-310. 12p.
Subjects: Motion, Research funding, T-test (Statistics), Eye movement measurements, Evoked potentials (Electrophysiology), Descriptive statistics, Fishes, Experimental design, Analysis of variance, Visual perception, Reaction time, Data analysis software, Comparative studies, Picture archiving & communication systems, Cognition, Eye movements
Abstract: The Agent advantage effect refers to observers responding faster to someone performing an action (the Agent) than to the person or thing acted upon (the Patient). This research investigates whether the presence of motion lines behind the Agent or Patient influences the Agent advantage effect. Participants viewed pictures of two fish, one biting the other, and searched for either the Agent or Patient. They pressed the corresponding button, and their reaction time was recorded. Experiment 1 used parallel motion lines aligned with the direction of motion, whereas Experiment 2 used orthogonal motion lines. Both experiments replicated the Agent advantage effect, but motion lines did not significantly alter its magnitude. These results highlight the robustness of the effect and suggest that event role processing and motion line perception might operate independently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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