Stimulus-Response Compatibility Principles: Data, Theory, and Application - Hardcover

Proctor, Robert W.; Vu, Kim-Phuong L.

 
9780415315364: Stimulus-Response Compatibility Principles: Data, Theory, and Application

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Understanding of the factors that influence stimulus-response (S-R) compatibility and determine when and how compatibility effects will arise is a necessary foundation for appropriately applying compatibility principles in design and for evaluating the relative compatibility of alternative designs. Summarizing the state of contemporary knowledge regarding determinants of compatibility, Stimulus-Response Compatibility Principles: Data, Theory, and Application provides thorough, up-to-date coverage of basic and applied research coupled with an emphasis on relating this knowledge to specific design guidelines. Examining a broad range of theoretical and applied issues from the compatibility perspective, the authors review basic research devoted to theoretical issues concerning S-R compatibility in particular and the relation between perception and action more generally. They cover effects of different S-R mappings in simple and complex tasks, factors that influence response-selection efficiency, correspondence effects of irrelevant stimulus information, compatibility effects for multiple and orthogonal dimensions, consequences of mixing mappings and tasks, practice and transfer effects, compatibility effects in multiple-task performance, and direction of motion stereotypes. The authors provide a thorough treatment of alternative views, contrasting and comparing their strengths and weaknesses. They provide guidelines that incorporate current knowledge about compatibility effects. Previous books on S-R compatibility have been edited works that contained detailed descriptions of the findings of various research programs across the world. Consequently, those books do not provide a cohesive overview of the range of research on compatibility effects, and the treatments they provide are not easy to comprehend by individuals who lack a background in the area. Making information accessible to a broad range of researchers and practitioners, this text organizes, summarizes, and integrates the vast amount of knowledge concerning S-R compatibility.

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Stimulus-response compatibility (SRC) refers to differences in performance as a function of the relations between stimulus response sets and the mappings of the individual set members to each other. Although this phenomenon has been studied for at least 50 years, the 1990s saw an upsurge of research on the topic that has continued to the present, and this research yielded not only a large and varied set of empirical results but also significant theoretical advances. This book summarizes the state of contemporary knowledge regarding SRC effects broadly defined, and it provides thorough, up-to-date coverage of basic and applied research, with an emphasis on relating this knowledge to specific design guidelines.

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ISBN 10:  0415315379 ISBN 13:  9780415315371
Publisher: CRC Press, 2003
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