a Faculty of Human Sciences , Shimane University , Matsue , Japan.
b Graduate School of Education , Shimane University , Matsue , Japan.
Cogn Emot. 2019 May;33(3):452-465. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2018.1483897. Epub 2018 Jun 8.
We tested the response dynamics of the evaluative priming effect (i.e. facilitation of target responses following evaluatively congruent compared with evaluatively incongruent primes) using a mouse tracking procedure that records hand movements during the execution of categorisation tasks. In Experiment 1, when participants performed the evaluative categorisation task but not the non-evaluative semantic categorisation task, their mouse trajectories for evaluatively incongruent trials curved more toward the opposite response than those for evaluatively congruent trials, indicating the emergence of evaluative priming effects based on response competition. In Experiment 2, implementing a task-switching procedure in which evaluative and non-evaluative categorisation tasks were intermixed, we obtained reliable evaluative priming effects in the non-evaluative semantic categorisation task as well as in the evaluative categorisation task when participants assigned attention to the evaluative stimulus dimension. Analyses of hand movements revealed that the evaluative priming effects in the evaluative categorisation task were reflected in the mouse trajectories, while evaluative priming effects in the non-evaluative categorisation tasks were reflected in initiation times (i.e. the time elapsed between target onset and first mouse movement). Based on these findings, we discuss the methodological benefits of the mouse tracking procedure and the underlying processes of evaluative priming effects.
我们使用鼠标追踪程序测试了评价性启动效应（即评价一致的启动相对于评价不一致的启动对目标反应的促进作用）的反应动态，该程序记录了在执行分类任务时的手部运动。在实验 1 中，当参与者执行评价性分类任务但不执行非评价性语义分类任务时，他们在评价不一致的试次中鼠标轨迹比在评价一致的试次中更偏向相反的反应，这表明基于反应竞争出现了评价性启动效应。在实验 2 中，我们实施了一种任务转换程序，其中评价性和非评价性分类任务混合在一起，当参与者将注意力集中在评价性刺激维度上时，我们在非评价性语义分类任务以及评价性分类任务中获得了可靠的评价性启动效应。对手部运动的分析表明，评价性分类任务中的评价性启动效应反映在鼠标轨迹中，而非评价性分类任务中的评价性启动效应反映在启动时间（即目标出现和第一次鼠标移动之间的时间间隔）中。基于这些发现，我们讨论了鼠标追踪程序的方法学优势和评价性启动效应的潜在过程。
