Recently, several studies have considered factors affecting the occurrence of congruency sequence effect (CSE) in the arrow flanker task. In the present study, the influence of the following factors was examined: the ...Recently, several studies have considered factors affecting the occurrence of congruency sequence effect (CSE) in the arrow flanker task. In the present study, the influence of the following factors was examined: the presentation of a fixation and the intertrial interval (ITI) were considered. Results of the study showed that the CSE was significant when there was no fixation and when the ITI was long for response repetitions and response changes, but disappeared for response change trials in other conditions. These results showed that, even in the arrow flanker task, the conflict adaptation effect did contribute to the CSE. The current results suggested that the conflict adaptation effect in the arrow flanker task was based on the appropriate application of attention strategies.展开更多
Psychological distance in the Construal Level Theory refers to an egocentric distance from a stimulus to here,now,oneself,and reality.Yet,nonegocentric distance between two stimuli independent from the perceiver is al...Psychological distance in the Construal Level Theory refers to an egocentric distance from a stimulus to here,now,oneself,and reality.Yet,nonegocentric distance between two stimuli independent from the perceiver is also common,and nonegocentric spatial and social dimensions are rarely compared.Using an Eriksen flanker paradigm,we examined how the nonegocentric spatial and social distance may be processed.Participants were asked to classify the central target flanked by distractors which were identical to the target or were different words associated with congruent or incongruent responses with the target.We manipulated the spatial or social distance between these two pairs of words which were mapped to different responses,and found that the nonegocentric spatial distance between the stimuli affected the flanker effect,whereas the nonegocentric social distance did not show such a significant effect.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30700226)Key Discipline Fund of National 211 Project of China (Grant No. NSKD08010)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 20080431271)
文摘Recently, several studies have considered factors affecting the occurrence of congruency sequence effect (CSE) in the arrow flanker task. In the present study, the influence of the following factors was examined: the presentation of a fixation and the intertrial interval (ITI) were considered. Results of the study showed that the CSE was significant when there was no fixation and when the ITI was long for response repetitions and response changes, but disappeared for response change trials in other conditions. These results showed that, even in the arrow flanker task, the conflict adaptation effect did contribute to the CSE. The current results suggested that the conflict adaptation effect in the arrow flanker task was based on the appropriate application of attention strategies.
基金supported by the Tsinghua University Cultural Inheritance and Innovation Programthe 2012 Program of Tsinghua Asian Research Center
文摘Psychological distance in the Construal Level Theory refers to an egocentric distance from a stimulus to here,now,oneself,and reality.Yet,nonegocentric distance between two stimuli independent from the perceiver is also common,and nonegocentric spatial and social dimensions are rarely compared.Using an Eriksen flanker paradigm,we examined how the nonegocentric spatial and social distance may be processed.Participants were asked to classify the central target flanked by distractors which were identical to the target or were different words associated with congruent or incongruent responses with the target.We manipulated the spatial or social distance between these two pairs of words which were mapped to different responses,and found that the nonegocentric spatial distance between the stimuli affected the flanker effect,whereas the nonegocentric social distance did not show such a significant effect.
