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|March 17, 2007
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Even without intending to act, covert sensorimotor simulation of typing influences preferences. Skilled typists preferred letter pairs requiring different fingers, suggesting simulation impacts affective judgments.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Affective judgments can be influenced by non-conscious processes.
  • Sensorimotor simulation, the mental rehearsal of actions, is a key cognitive mechanism.
  • Understanding how implicit actions affect explicit judgments is crucial for various fields.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if covert sensorimotor simulation of typing influences affective judgments.
  • To determine if this influence differs between skilled and novice typists.
  • To explore the role of motor interference in these judgments.

Main Methods:

  • Participants (skilled and novice typists) judged preferences between letter dyads.
  • Dyads were designed to elicit differential motor interference during simulated typing.

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  • A concurrent motor task was used to probe the role of sensorimotor simulation.

    • Main Results:

    • Skilled typists preferred dyads requiring different fingers, indicating a non-conscious bias.
    • Novice typists showed no significant preference.
    • A concurrent motor task involving relevant fingers attenuated the preference in skilled typists.

    Conclusions:

    • Perceiving letters can trigger covert sensorimotor simulation of typing in skilled individuals.
    • This simulation influences affective judgments, even without conscious intention to act.
    • Motor interference during simulation plays a role in shaping these judgments.