On the relationship between affordance and Simon effects: Are the effects really independent?

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-131

  Iani, Cristina ^a   Baroni, Giulia ^b   Pellicano, Antonello ^b   Nicoletti, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affordance effect; Motor control; Response selection; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; AFFORDANCE EFFECT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIMON EFFECT;

EID: 79959773925     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.467251     Document Type: Article

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