Effects of Stimulus Orientation, Grouping and Alignment on Spatial S-R Compatibility

Steve Ngai Hung Tsang; Ken W.L. Chan; Alan H.S. Chan

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39209-2_73

Effects of Stimulus Orientation, Grouping and Alignment on Spatial S-R Compatibility

Steve Ngai Hung Tsang^*
, Ken W.L. Chan
, Alan H.S. Chan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Effects of stimulus orientation, grouping, and alignment on spatial compatibility were investigated in this study. With eight possible stimulus locations mapped to two response keys, the parallel orientation was found to be responded to faster than the orthogonal orientation. As to the grouping effect, responses for the split stimulus array were superior to that for the continuous one, which seems to be the result of better reference frames and clearer distinction between visual signals. Comparing the single relative position (Left-Right-Left-Right/Up-Down-Up-Down) alignment to the double one (Left-Left-Right-Right/Up-Up-Down-Down), no significant difference in RT was noted, but the single relative position alignment was less prone to error responses than the double one. The effect of stimulus grouping and alignment interacted significantly that the single relative position alignment with split grouping was responded to much faster than that with continuous grouping. Also, the significant interaction effect of orientation and S-R compatibility showed that the up-left and down-right stimulus-response mappings were better than the mappings the other way round.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Interface and the Management of Information
Subtitle of host publication	Information and Interaction Design
Editors	Sakae Yamamoto
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	650-659
Volume	8016 LNCS (Part I)
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642392092
ISBN (Print)	9783642392085
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39209-2_73
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013
Event	15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2013) - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: 21 Jul 2013 → 26 Jul 2013 http://2013.hci.international/index.php

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8016
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2013)
Abbreviated title	HCI International 2013
Place	United States
City	Las Vegas, NV
Period	21/07/13 → 26/07/13
Internet address	http://2013.hci.international/index.php

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Horizontal and Orthogonal displays
Human-Computer Interfaces
Spatial Compatibility

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Tsang, S. N. H., Chan, K. W. L., & Chan, A. H. S. (2013). Effects of Stimulus Orientation, Grouping and Alignment on Spatial S-R Compatibility. In S. Yamamoto (Ed.), Human Interface and the Management of Information: Information and Interaction Design (Vol. 8016 LNCS (Part I), pp. 650-659). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8016). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39209-2_73

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Tsang, SNH, Chan, KWL & Chan, AHS 2013, Effects of Stimulus Orientation, Grouping and Alignment on Spatial S-R Compatibility. in S Yamamoto (ed.), Human Interface and the Management of Information: Information and Interaction Design. vol. 8016 LNCS (Part I), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8016, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 650-659, 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2013), Las Vegas, NV, United States, 21/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39209-2_73

Effects of Stimulus Orientation, Grouping and Alignment on Spatial S-R Compatibility. / Tsang, Steve Ngai Hung; Chan, Ken W.L.; Chan, Alan H.S.
Human Interface and the Management of Information: Information and Interaction Design. ed. / Sakae Yamamoto. Vol. 8016 LNCS (Part I) Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. p. 650-659 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8016).

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