Rusconi, E., Kwan, B., Giordano, B.L., Umilta, C. and Butterworth, B. (2005) The mental space of pitch height. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1060(1), pp. 195-197. (doi: 10.1196/annals.1360.056)
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Abstract
Through stimulus-response compatibility we tested whether sound frequency (pitch height) elicits a mental spatial representation. Musically untrained and, mostly, trained participants were shown a stimulus-response compatibility effect (Spatial-Musical Association of Response Codes or SMARC effect). When response alternatives were either vertically or horizontally aligned, performance was better when the lower (or leftward) button had to be pressed in response to a low sound and the upper (or rightward) button had to be pressed in response to a high sound, even when pitch height was irrelevant to the task.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Giordano, Dr Bruno |
| Authors: | Rusconi, E., Kwan, B., Giordano, B.L., Umilta, C., and Butterworth, B. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Journal Name: | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
| ISSN: | 0077-8923 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1749-6632 |
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