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Tomotaka Suzuki1, Mineko Takagi, Kenichi Sugawara

  • 1School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Social Services, Kanagawa University of Human Services, 1-10-1 Heisei-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-8522, Japan.

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This study found that the perception of tools, compared to animals, can prolong reaction times during grasping actions. This suggests affordance effects influence the speed of human-tool interaction.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The influence of object affordances on reaction time is not fully understood.
  • Investigating the compatibility between perceiving graspable objects and performing grasping actions is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate affordance effects on reaction time.
  • To determine if object-action compatibility impacts electromyographic reaction time (EMG-RT).

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Go/NoGo and choice reaction-time tasks.
  • Employed stimulus images of tools and animals with finger flexion/extension response tasks.
  • Measured electromyographic reaction time (EMG-RT).

Main Results:

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  • Experiment 1 showed significantly longer EMG-RT for tools than animals, without stimulus-response interaction.
  • Experiment 2 revealed a significant interaction, with tool stimuli delaying finger flexion EMG-RT compared to animals.
  • Affordance effects based on object-action compatibility were observed.

Conclusions:

  • Object-action compatibility, particularly with tools, can prolong motor execution.
  • Affordance effects play a role in goal-directed actions and human-tool interaction.
  • Understanding these effects is fundamental for designing intuitive human-tool interfaces.