TY - JOUR
T1 - Analyzing distributional properties of interference effects across modalities
T2 - Chances and challenges
AU - Dittrich, Kerstin
AU - Kellen, David
AU - Stahl, Christoph
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The research reported in this paper was supported by a grant of the Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg foundation to the third author. We are grateful to Iring Koch, Michael Pratte, Kim-Phuong L. Vu, and an anonymous reviewer for many excellent and constructive comments. We also thank Michael Pratte for providing raw data.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - In research investigating Stroop or Simon effects, data are typically analyzed at the level of mean response time (RT), with results showing faster responses for compatible than for incompatible trials. However, this analysis provides only limited information as it glosses over the shape of the RT distributions and how they may differ across tasks and experimental conditions. These limitations have encouraged the analysis of RT distributions using delta plots. In the present review, we aim to bring together research on distributional properties of auditory and visual interference effects. Extending previous reviews on distributional properties of the Simon effect, we additionally review studies reporting distributional analyses of Stroop effects. We show that distributional analyses of sequential effects (i.e., taking into account congruency of the previous trial) capture important similarities and differences of interference effects across tasks (Simon, Stroop) as well as across sensory modalities, despite some challenges associated to this approach.
AB - In research investigating Stroop or Simon effects, data are typically analyzed at the level of mean response time (RT), with results showing faster responses for compatible than for incompatible trials. However, this analysis provides only limited information as it glosses over the shape of the RT distributions and how they may differ across tasks and experimental conditions. These limitations have encouraged the analysis of RT distributions using delta plots. In the present review, we aim to bring together research on distributional properties of auditory and visual interference effects. Extending previous reviews on distributional properties of the Simon effect, we additionally review studies reporting distributional analyses of Stroop effects. We show that distributional analyses of sequential effects (i.e., taking into account congruency of the previous trial) capture important similarities and differences of interference effects across tasks (Simon, Stroop) as well as across sensory modalities, despite some challenges associated to this approach.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00426-014-0551-y
DO - 10.1007/s00426-014-0551-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24627167
AN - SCOPUS:84899436802
SN - 0340-0727
VL - 78
SP - 387
EP - 399
JO - Psychological Research
JF - Psychological Research
IS - 3
ER -