The same location cost is contingent for meaning: Suppression based on nontarget features and possible target positions

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2025.1154

Acta Psychologica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (7): 1154-1169.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2025.1154

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The same location cost is contingent for meaning: Suppression based on nontarget features and possible target positions

WANG Huiyuan¹, GAO Yulin¹(), ZHANG Ming²^,³()

¹Department of Psychology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
²Department of Psychology, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
³School of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China

Published:2025-07-25 Online:2025-04-24
Contact: ZHANG Ming, E-mail: psychzm@mail.usts.edu.cn; GAO Yulin, E-mail: gaoyulin@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract

WANG Huiyuan, GAO Yulin, ZHANG Ming. (2025). The same location cost is contingent for meaning: Suppression based on nontarget features and possible target positions. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 57(7), 1154-1169.

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Figure 1. A typical trial of Experiment 1, Experiment 2, and Experiment 3.

Figure 2. The interaction between the cue validity and the cue-target semantic congruency in Experiment 1.

Figure 3. The interaction between the cue validity and the cue-target semantic congruency in Experiment 2.

Table 1 Average RT and ACC (M ± SD) of the cue validity in the two target display conditions in Experiment 3

		in Experiment 1	in Experiment 2
RT	Invalid	463 ± 53	458 ± 50
RT	Valid	467 ± 51	457 ± 50
ACC	Invalid	95.5 ± 7.2	94.7 ± 7.3
ACC	Valid	94.8 ± 7.4	94.5 ± 7.0

Figure 4. A typical trial of Experiment 4 and Experiment 5.

Figure 5. The interaction between the cue validity and the cue-target semantic congruency in Experiment 4.

Figure 6. The interaction between the cue validity and the cue-target semantic congruency in Experiment 5.

The same location cost is contingent for meaning: Suppression based on nontarget features and possible target positions

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