Effect of locus of warning tone on auditory choice reaction time
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 3 (2) , 167-170
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03212893
Abstract
Forty Ss pressed a left- or right-hand key depending on the ear in which they heard a 500-Hz stimulus tone. Half of the Ss were instructed to press the key on the same side as the ear stimulated (corresponding condition), while the other half pressed the key on the opposite side (noncorresponding condition). A 200-Hz warning tone preceded the stimulus tone by either 200 or 400 msec. The warning tone was presented to the left ear, the right ear, or to both ears in a predetermined random sequence. The locus of the warning tone affected RT on noncorresponding trials but not on corresponding trials. The effect consisted of a significant slowing of information processing on trials where the warning tone was contralateral to the response. Results were explained in terms of an initial tendency to respond toward the source of the warning tone.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Reactions toward the stimulus source: Analysis of correct responses and errors over a five-day period.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
- Reactions toward the apparent source of an auditory stimulus.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1971
- Processing symbolic information from a visual display: Interference from an irrelevant directional cue.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1970
- Effects of an irrelevant auditory stimulus on visual choice reaction time.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1970
- Processing auditory information: Interference from an irrelevant cue.Journal of Applied Psychology, 1969
- Donders' B- and C-reactions and S-R compatibility.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1962
- Tactual Choice Reactions: IQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1959