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Beisert, Miriam; Massen, Cristina; Prinz, Wolfgang – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2010
In tool use, a transformation rule defines the relation between an operating movement and its distal effect. This rule is determined by the tool structure and requires no explicit definition. The present study investigates how humans represent and apply compatible and incompatible transformation rules in tool use. In Experiment 1, participants had…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Experiments, Models, Motion
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Ottoboni, Giovanni; Tessari, Alessia; Cubelli, Roberto; Umilta, Carlo – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2005
The authors used a modified Simon task (J. R. Simon, 1969) to assess the automatic recognition of handedness. Participants responded to the color of a circle in the center of the photograph of a right or a left hand, displayed in the center of the computer screen. A regular Simon effect was found for back views, whereas a reverse Simon effect was…
Descriptors: Handedness, Models, Cognitive Processes, Recognition (Psychology)