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Robert W Proctor1, Dong-Yuan Debbie Wang, David F Pick

  • 1Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1364, USA. proctor@psych.purdue.edu

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|March 1, 2005
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Subjects adapt steering wheel responses based on context. Instructions emphasizing hand or cursor movements, rather than just wheel rotations, dictate how responses are coded, even when mappings are incompatible.

Area of Science:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Understanding stimulus-response compatibility is crucial for designing intuitive interfaces.
  • Previous research has explored frame of reference effects in human-computer interaction.
  • The influence of explicit instructions on response coding remains an area for investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how different frames of reference (hand-referenced vs. cursor-referenced) influence stimulus-response compatibility in a steering wheel task.
  • To determine the impact of instructional emphasis (hand movement vs. wheel/cursor movement) on response coding.
  • To examine whether compatible mappings are prioritized over frame of reference adherence.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted using a steering wheel task with left-right tone stimuli.

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  • Participants used one of two stimulus-response assignments.
  • Instructions varied to emphasize either hand movements, wheel movements, or a cursor controlled by the wheel.

    • Main Results:

    • In Experiment 1 (no emphasis), responses were coded based on the frame yielding a compatible mapping.
    • In Experiment 2 (hand emphasis), responses were coded relative to the hand-referenced frame.
    • In Experiment 3 (cursor emphasis), responses were coded relative to the cursor-referenced frame, even with incompatible mappings.

    Conclusions:

    • Instructional context significantly influences the frame of reference used for coding responses.
    • The dominant frame of reference can override the principle of stimulus-response compatibility.
    • These findings have implications for designing user interfaces that leverage contextual cues for optimal performance.