A Drift Diffusion Model Account of the Semantic Congruity Effect in a Classification Paradigm

Abstract: The semantic congruity effect refers to the facilitation of judgements (i) when the direction of the comparison of two items coincides with the relative position of the items along the dimension comparison or (ii) when the relative size of a standard and a target stimulus coincides. For example, people are faster in judging 'which is bigger?' for two large items, than judging 'which is smaller?' for two large items (selection paradigm). Also, people are faster in judging a target stimulus as smaller when compared to a small standard, than when compared to a large standard, and vice versa (classification paradigm). We use the Drift Diffusion Model (DDM) to explain the time course of a semantic congruity effect in a classification paradigm. Formal modelling of semantic congruity allows the time course of the decision process to be described, using an established model of decision making. Moreover, although there have been attempts to explain the semantic congruity effect within evide.... https://jnc.psychopen.eu/index.php/jnc/article/view/5715

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: A Drift Diffusion Model Account of the Semantic Congruity Effect in a Classification Paradigm ; volume:3 ; number:1 ; day:21 ; month:07 ; year:2017 ; Journal of numerical cognition ; 3, Heft 1 (21.07.2017)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Pirrone, Angelo ; Marshall, James A. R. ; Stafford, Tom

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jnc.v3i1.79
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004202106288369
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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