RELATION BETWEEN S-R COMPATIBILITY AND REACTION TIME IN INFORMATION PROCESSING
Ikuko Ogasawara · Japanese Psychological Research · 1967
Previous studies showed that the relation between the reaction time and the amount of information of the stimulus was an increasing linear function. There are some reports, however, in which the slope of the function was found to be zero. To account for this phenomenon the notion of “compatibility” was introduced and utilized by Fitts, Davis and others.The present study investigated the notion of compatibility for different sensory modalities in stimuli and responses, for different kinds of stimuli and responses. Results indicated that the kind of responses was the more important factor to determine the reaction time than S-R compatibility itself. Especially, the reaction time of the verbal responses revealed the different tendency from the other responses. Discussion was made on these factors.