ArticleCognitive processing2019
Evidence of SQUARC and distance effects in a weight comparison task.
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- When time stands upright: STEARC effects along the vertical axis.Psychological research · 2023Article
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- A systematic investigation reveals that Ishihara et al.'s (2008) STEARC effect only emerges when time is directly assessed.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- How emotional is a banknote? The affective basis of money perception.Psychological research · 2021Article
- Systematic spatial distortion of quantitative estimates.Psychological research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Stimuli associated with large quantities are typically responded to faster with a right- than a left-side key, whereas stimuli associated with small quantities are typically responded to faster with a left- than a right-side key. This phenomenon is known as the spatial-quantity association of response codes (SQUARC) effect. Here, in two experiments, we explored whether a SQUARC effect can emerge for light versus heavy items. Participants judged whether the weight associated with a central target word, describing an animal (e.g. 'cow'; Experiment 1) or a material (e.g. 'iron'; Experiment 2), was lighter or heavier than the weight associated with a reference word. Responses were provided with a left- and a right-side button. Then, participants estimated the weight associated with target and reference words. In both experiments, evidence for a SQUARC effect emerged. Moreover, response times for each target word decreased with absolute difference between its rated weight and the rated weight of the reference word, in line with a distance effect. Overall, these results provide evidence of a possible spatial representation of weight.
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