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Stimulus-response compatibility and videogame performance

R M Brown1, N L Brown, D DeLong

  • 1Department of Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 98447, USA.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|April 1, 1995
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Playing video games like Pong is easier when the game controls match your dominant hand. This study found that right-handed players performed better when controls were on their right side, suggesting stimulus-response compatibility matters.

Area of Science:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Stimulus-response compatibility significantly impacts performance in various tasks.
  • Video games offer a dynamic environment to study human-computer interaction and reaction times.
  • Previous research indicates a right-side advantage in some manual reaction tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how stimulus-response compatibility affects manual reactions to a moving visual target in a video game.
  • To determine if the spatial compatibility between the target's location and the player's response hand influences performance.
  • To examine the effect of reversed control schemes on player performance.

Main Methods:

  • Forty right-handed university men participated in the study.

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  • Participants were randomly assigned to either a normal game condition or a reverse control condition.
  • Performance was assessed by comparing reaction times and accuracy in the Pong videogame.

    • Main Results:

    • In the normal condition, participants showed a marginal performance advantage when seated on the right.
    • In the reverse control condition, participants exhibited a left-side advantage, reversing the typical finding.
    • These results indicate a significant influence of control-response compatibility on gameplay.

    Conclusions:

    • The observed right-side advantage in the normal game condition is likely due to stimulus-response compatibility.
    • Compatibility between the moving target's location and the player's dominant hand or response side is crucial.
    • Video game design should consider spatial compatibility to optimize user performance and experience.