Abstract
Publisher Summary The contribution of Thomas Stoffer and Carlo Umilt bundles together numerous recent findings that have gathered evidence for an attention-shifting account of S–R compatibility and the Simon effect. Their basic assumption is that whenever an attention shift is about to be executed, a relative spatial code originates from the direction of the shift. The spatial coding responsible for S–R compatibility or for the Simon effect is therefore a focus-related coding 1 that could converge or conflict with a to-be-generated response. Thus, the relevant spatial coding results from the momentarily focused position (spatial frame of reference) and a new attentional shift that is directed, for example, towards a laterally presented imperative stimulus. As the authors demonstrate this offers a powerful explanation for several related findings. Starting with four questions, the following will address more speculative implications, problems, and possible extensions of this account.
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