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Stimulus-response compatibility effects have been hypothesized to result from a correspondence between the spatial codes associated with the response hand and the stimulus location (i.e., the S-S interpretation of Wallace, 1971) or, alternatively, from a subject’s innate tendency to respond in the direction of the source of stimulation (i.e., the S-R interpretation of Craft & Simon, 1970). Two experiments were conducted to test these two positions. Patterns of response latencies were found that could not be adequately explained by either model.
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Cotton, B., Tzeng, O.J.L. & Hardyck, C. A response instruction by visual-field interaction: S-R compatibility effect or?. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 10, 475–477 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337702
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337702