BCL, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
LP3C, Université Rennes, Rennes, France.
Atten Percept Psychophys. 2023 Jul;85(5):1661-1680. doi: 10.3758/s13414-023-02666-9. Epub 2023 Jun 1.
The SPoARC (Spatial Positional Association of Response Codes) effect refers to spatialization of information in working memory. Among the potential factors that could influence how order is mapped onto a mental space during the recognition process, we selected the following two factors: i) the type of stimuli, in particular their verbal vs. visual aspects and ii) the number of probes. In this study, 137 participants memorized sequences of either words or pictures and subsequently performed a recognition test for which they responded using lateralized keys. For half of the participants, only one probe was presented after each sequence, whereas the other half was administered several probes. A significantly greater number of participants presented a SPoARC using a single probe. We discuss that spatialization is best detected when the sequence is scanned only once. Results also showed no difference between the two types of stimuli (i.e., verbal vs. visual). This finding raises the question of the respective roles of verbalization and visualization in the SPoARC.
SPoARC（反应代码的空间位置关联）效应是指工作记忆中的信息的空间化。在可能影响识别过程中如何将顺序映射到心理空间的潜在因素中，我们选择了以下两个因素：i）刺激的类型，特别是它们的言语与视觉方面，以及 ii）探针的数量。在这项研究中，137 名参与者记忆了单词或图片序列，随后进行了识别测试，他们使用偏侧化的键进行响应。对于一半的参与者，每个序列后仅呈现一个探针，而另一半则呈现多个探针。使用单个探针时，呈现 SPoARC 的参与者数量明显更多。我们讨论了当仅扫描一次序列时，空间化最容易被检测到。结果还表明两种类型的刺激（即言语与视觉）之间没有差异。这一发现提出了在 SPoARC 中言语化和可视化各自作用的问题。
