Is there a lower visual field advantage for object affordances? A registered report
Annie Warman,
Allan Clark,
George L Malcolm
et al.
Abstract:It’s been repeatedly shown that pictures of graspable objects can facilitate visual processing, even in the absence of reach-to-grasp actions, an effect often attributed to the concept of affordances (Gibson, 1979). A classic demonstration of this is the handle compatibility effect, characterised by faster reaction times when the orientation of a graspable object’s handle is compatible with the hand used to respond, even when the handle orientation is task-irrelevant. Nevertheless, it is debated whether the sp… Show more
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