The Toolman effect: Preexisting non-tool-use experience improves subsequent tool-use performance

This study explores whether performing a cognitive task without using a tool (i.e., preexisting non-tool-use experience) impacts subsequent tool-use performance. Sixty participants moved an avatar within a maze in four directions (up, down, left, right). The keys were remapped 90° anticlockwise (e.g...

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Main Authors: François Osiurak, Pénélope Griffon, Vivien Gaujoux, Emanuelle Reynaud, Jordan Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691821001396