The case of Watson vs. James: effect-priming studies do not support ideomotor theory.

In this paper we show that response facilitation in choice reaction tasks achieved by priming the (previously perceived) effect is based on stimulus-response associations rather than on response-effect associations. The reduced key-press response time is not accounted for by earlier established coup...

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Main Authors: Ralf F A Cox, Fred Hasselman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3551954?pdf=render