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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Neuroscience

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  • The metaphoric mapping hypothesis posits that time is coded spatially.
  • Reaction time studies show faster responses to past (left) and future (right) stimuli with congruent spatial mappings.
  • Previous research established a space-time congruency effect but did not clarify its underlying mechanism.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether the response key location or the visual action effect location drives the space-time congruency effect.
  • To differentiate between response-location-based and action-effect-location-based space-time mappings.
  • To explore the role of abstract spatial representations in temporal cognition.

Main Methods:

  • An experiment with two groups: response-effect (R-E) compatible and R-E incompatible.
  • Participants responded to temporal stimuli (past/future) with left or right keys.
  • Visual action effects were presented on the same side (compatible) or opposite side (incompatible) of the response.

Main Results:

  • A typical space-time congruency effect was observed in the R-E compatible group.
  • The congruency effect was descriptively reversed in the R-E incompatible group, interacting with the experimental group.
  • This indicates that the location of action consequences, not the response key, is critical.

Conclusions:

  • The space-time congruency effect is primarily driven by the spatial location of action consequences.
  • This suggests that abstract spatial mental representations, encompassing external action events, underlie the coding of time.
  • The findings contribute to understanding the cognitive mechanisms of temporal processing and spatial cognition.