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Does a tool eliminate spatial compatibility effects?

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Müsseler, Jochen
Kunde, Wilfried
Gausepohl, Detlef
Heuer, Herbert

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Responding to a stimulus is faster and more accurate when stimulus location and response location spatially correspond than when they do not correspond (stimulus-response compatibility). In five experiments this standard compatibility effect is examined when using a T-shaped lever as a tool. Handling the lever allowed distinguishing body-related action effects (e.g., the tactile feedback from the moving finger) from external action effects (e.g., reaching at the stimulus with the levers end-point). Results showed that the spatial relationship between stimulus and the direction of the hand movement (S-R compatibility) as well as the relationship between the stimulus and the functional end-points of the tool (S-E compatibility) determine performance. More precisely, responses were fast and less error prone when both kinds of compatibility did correspond than when they did not correspond.

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Raumwahrnehmung Kompatibilität Reizantwort Werkzeuggebrauch Bewegungskoordination Feinmotorik Räumliche Kompatibilitätseffekte Stimulus-Response-Kompatibilität Werkzeuggebrauch Motorische Koordination Lernen feinmotorischer Fertigkeiten spatial compatibility effects stimulus-response compatibility tool Tool Use Motor Coordination Fine Motor Skill Learning

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2008

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Müsseler, Jochen
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kunde, Wilfried
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Gausepohl, Detlef
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Heuer, Herbert
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:05:56Z
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    2010-05-28
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  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:05:56Z
  • Date of first publication
    2008
  • Abstract / Description
    Responding to a stimulus is faster and more accurate when stimulus location and response location spatially correspond than when they do not correspond (stimulus-response compatibility). In five experiments this standard compatibility effect is examined when using a T-shaped lever as a tool. Handling the lever allowed distinguishing body-related action effects (e.g., the tactile feedback from the moving finger) from external action effects (e.g., reaching at the stimulus with the levers end-point). Results showed that the spatial relationship between stimulus and the direction of the hand movement (S-R compatibility) as well as the relationship between the stimulus and the functional end-points of the tool (S-E compatibility) determine performance. More precisely, responses were fast and less error prone when both kinds of compatibility did correspond than when they did not correspond.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-26163
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/639
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.9091
  • Language of content
    eng
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    http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a779058400&db=all
  • Keyword(s)
    Raumwahrnehmung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Kompatibilität
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  • Keyword(s)
    Reizantwort
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  • Keyword(s)
    Werkzeuggebrauch
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  • Keyword(s)
    Bewegungskoordination
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  • Keyword(s)
    Feinmotorik
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  • Keyword(s)
    Räumliche Kompatibilitätseffekte
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  • Keyword(s)
    Stimulus-Response-Kompatibilität
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  • Keyword(s)
    Werkzeuggebrauch
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  • Keyword(s)
    Motorische Koordination
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  • Keyword(s)
    Lernen feinmotorischer Fertigkeiten
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  • Keyword(s)
    spatial compatibility effects
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  • Keyword(s)
    stimulus-response compatibility
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  • Keyword(s)
    tool
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  • Keyword(s)
    Tool Use
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  • Keyword(s)
    Motor Coordination
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  • Keyword(s)
    Fine Motor Skill Learning
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Does a tool eliminate spatial compatibility effects?
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    report
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