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The influence of prior practice and handedness on the orthogonal Simon effect

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Title
The influence of prior practice and handedness on the orthogonal Simon effect
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Frontiers in Psychology, January 2014
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00039
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Cristina Iani, Nadia Milanese, Sandro Rubichi

Abstract

When stimuli are arranged vertically and responses horizontally, right-handed participants respond faster with right responses to stimuli presented above fixation and with left responses to stimuli presented below fixation, even when stimulus position is task-irrelevant (orthogonal Simon effect). The aim of the present work was twofold. First, we assessed whether the orthogonal Simon effect evident in right-handed participants is present also for left-handed participants (Experiment 1). Second, we investigated whether for both groups of participants the orthogonal Simon effect is influenced by the stimulus-response (S-R) mapping used for an orthogonal spatial S-R compatibility task performed 5 min before (Experiment 2). Our results showed that the orthogonal Simon effect significantly differed in the two groups, with left-handers showing an advantage for the up-left/down-right mapping (Experiment 1). Interestingly, the orthogonal Simon effect was strongly influenced by prior practice regardless of the participants' handedness (Experiment 2). These results suggest that the short-term S-R associations acquired during practice can override the long-term, hardwired associations established on the basis of handedness.

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Spain 1 3%
Unknown 28 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 21%
Researcher 5 17%
Professor 3 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 10%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 6 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 14 48%
Neuroscience 3 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Mathematics 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 6 21%
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