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Does spatial location represent keypress movements better than hand postures?
Freiin von Boeselager, Pia (2024) Does spatial location represent keypress movements better than hand postures?
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| Abstract: | This study aimed to ascertain whether hand postures, spatial locations, or both represent keypress movement in memory. To examine this, a reaction time (RT) task was administered to 32 participants. Each had to undergo three conditions: The spatial location, the hand posture, and the control condition. The former two were either congruent or incongruent with a key participants were instructed to press. It was hypothesised that both the congruent spatial condition as well as the congruent hand posture one should render shorter RTs than their incongruent counterparts. The data supported this only for the spatial condition. The study design may partially explain why the expected effect was not found for the hand postures (i.e. the postures may have not been distinct enough from one another). Whether this is the case, will have to be researched further. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/102746 |
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