Can irrelevant context information induce a correspondence effect between relative physical size and response position?

Research on effects of S-R compatibility or S-R correspondence has produced evidence suggesting associations between (numerical or physical) stimulus size and spatial dimensions, such as the horizontal position of a (left or right) response. For example, the spatial-numerical association of response codes (SNARC) effect is a prominent piece of evidence for associations between numerical stimulus size and response position. The SNARC effect refers to the finding that left-hand responses are faster (and more accurate) to small as compared to large numbers, whereas right-hand responses are faster (and more accurate) to large as compared to small numbers (e.g., Dehaene, Bossini, & Giraux, 1993). Similarly, compatibility and correspondence effects between physical stimulus size and (horizontal) response positions have provided evidence for the existence of associations between the latter two dimensions. In this case, left-hand responses are faster (and more accurate) to small as compared to large stimuli, whereas right-hand responses are faster (and more accurate) to large as compared to small stimuli (e.g., Wühr & Seegelke, 2018, 2019). In the present experiment, we aim at investigating whether irrelevant context stimuli can produce a correspondence effect between the (relative) physical size of a target stimulus and left/right responses. In our experiment, participants have to respond to the color of a centrally presented target stimulus by pressing a left or a right key. The target, which is always presented in the same size, is either flanked by a pair of smaller stimuli (small context) or by a pair of larger stimuli (large context).