Effects of alerting signals on the spatial Stroop effect
Evidence for modality differences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21533717 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Todd A Kahan (0000-0001-8613-5667, Bates College, corresponding author), Zachary P Smith (0000-0002-9630-5890, Bates College) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-38 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-0727 • E-ISSN: 1430-2772 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00426-023-01846-4 |
| PMID | 37389672 |
| OpenAlex | W4382631265 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 46 |
Reaction times and error rates to a target’s identity are impaired when the target is presented in a location that mismatches the response required, relative to situations where the location of the target and required response overlap (the Simon effect) and the same is true when the target's identity conveys spatial information (the spatial Stroop effect). Prior studies have found that visual versions of the spatial Stroop effect are magnified when alerting cues appear before the target and results are consistent with a dual-route framework where alerting cues boost automatic stimulus–response motor associations through the direct processing route. However, the influence of alerting signals on auditory versions of the spatial Stroop effect have not been tested and there are reasons to believe that the alerting–congruency interaction may differ across stimulus modality. In two experiments the effects of alerting cues on auditory (Experiment 1; N = 98) and visual (Experiment 2; N = 97) spatial Stroop effects are examined. Results show that alerting cues boost the spatial Stroop effect with visual stimuli but not auditory stimuli and a distributional analysis provides support for there being modality differences in the decay (or inhibition) of response-code activation. Implications for explanations of the alerting–congruence interaction are discussed
Audiology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Stroop effect · Communication · Computer Science · Multisensory perception and integration · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology · Visual perception and processing mechanisms · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |