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Antonia Fumarola¹, Valter Prpic, Osvaldo Da Pos

¹Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Weiss, 21, 34100, Trieste, Italy, antonia.fumarola@gmail.com.

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This study reveals a spatial-numerical association of response code (SNARC)-like effect linking luminance and response side. Darker stimuli elicit faster left-hand responses, while lighter stimuli prompt faster right-hand responses, demonstrating automaticity.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive psychology
Visual perception
Human-computer interaction

Background:

The spatial-numerical association of response code (SNARC) effect links numerical magnitude to spatial response location.
Investigating similar associations for non-numerical dimensions like luminance is crucial for understanding cognitive processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the association between stimulus luminance and the side of response execution.
To determine if a SNARC-like effect exists for luminance, where response hand is biased by stimulus brightness.

Main Methods:

Two experiments were conducted with 30 participants.
Experiment 1 involved direct brightness discrimination to assess luminance-space association.
Experiment 2 used indirect hue discrimination to test the same association.

Main Results:

Participants consistently responded faster with their left hand to lower luminance hues.
Participants consistently responded faster with their right hand to higher luminance hues.
This association was observed in both direct and indirect tasks.

Conclusions:

The study demonstrates a robust SNARC-like effect for luminance.
This luminance-response side association appears to be automatic and independent of task demands.