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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Human figures are common stimuli in spatial and social cognition research.
  • Spatial compatibility effects can complicate study interpretation when spatial responses are used.
  • The basis of spatial coding (location- vs. object-based, observer- vs. figure-centered) remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the nature of spatial coding in human figures.
  • To determine if spatial compatibility effects are observer- or figure-centered.
  • To explore whether coding is location- or object-based.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments using a whole-bodied schematic human figure.
  • Participants responded to the color of objects held by the figure.
  • Responses involved left or right key presses corresponding to the object's hand.

Main Results:

  • Left-right compatibility effects were observed relative to the participant's egocentric perspective.
  • Effects persisted even when the figure was rotated.
  • Compatibility was aligned with the participant's midline, not the figure's.

Conclusions:

  • Spontaneous spatial coding is from the participant's perspective and relative to the body's upright orientation.
  • Evidence supports object-based spatial coding.
  • Domain-general cognitive mechanisms underlying spatial compatibility may impact spatial perspective-taking and social cognition.