Directional stimulus-response compatibility: a test of three alternative principles

摘要

The basis of directional stimulus-response compatibility was studied using a task in which 128 participants moved a cursor into targets with a joystick, resembling the operation of certain industrial and construction equipment. Compatible and incompatible versions of three alternative compatibility principles were compared in all combinations. Visual Field (VF) compatibility was present if cursor and controlling limb movement were in the same direction in the visual field, Control Display (CD) compatibility meant that the control motion was in the same Direction as, and parallel to, cursor motion, and MUSCLE Synergy (MS) Compatibility was defined as use of the muscle synergy normally associated with The required direction as seen in the visual field.