The list-wide proportion congruency effect is larger when the distractor precedes the target: Evidence for conflict-independent control in the prime-probe task.
Stroop-like interference effects are smaller in blocks of mostly incongruent (MI) trials than in blocks of mostly congruent (MC) trials. It is unclear, though, how control processes trigger this list-wide proportion congruency effect (LWPCE). The attentional shift account posits that a memory of exp...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 1551 - 1571 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=186988131&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 186988131 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0090502X MEG jtl: Memory & Cognition issn: 0090502X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2025 vid: 53 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 186988131 10.3758/s13421-024-01669-7 ppf: 1551 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: The list-wide proportion congruency effect is larger when the distractor precedes the target: Evidence for conflict-independent control in the prime-probe task. aug: au: Weissman, Daniel H. Saba, Chloe E. affil: https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Department of Psychology, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 530 Church Street, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA su: Task performance Control (Psychology) Executive function Conflict (Psychology) Attention Distraction Memory Research funding Descriptive statistics Psychology of movement sug: subj: Task performance Control (Psychology) Executive function Conflict (Psychology) Attention Distraction Memory Research funding Descriptive statistics Psychology of movement keyword: Adaptive control Conflict adaptation List-wide proportion congruency effect Proactive control Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology Adaptive control Conflict adaptation List-wide proportion congruency effect Proactive control Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology ab: Stroop-like interference effects are smaller in blocks of mostly incongruent (MI) trials than in blocks of mostly congruent (MC) trials. It is unclear, though, how control processes trigger this list-wide proportion congruency effect (LWPCE). The attentional shift account posits that a memory of experiencing conflict more frequently in MI blocks than in MC blocks leads control processes to shift attention toward the target in MI blocks. The response modulation account posits that a memory of block-wide congruency statistics (e.g., mostly incongruent) leads control processes to form expectations about upcoming trial congruency independent of conflict and modulate distractor-related response activation to prepare an expected congruent response (in MC blocks) or incongruent response (in MI blocks) to the target. This modulation occurs, however, only if the system translates the distractor into a response before the target. We conducted two experiments with the prime-probe task (N = 120) to investigate the response modulation account's prediction that giving the distractor a "head start" in stimulus–response translation increases the LWPCE independent of conflict. Confirming this prediction, the LWPCE was larger when the distractor appeared before – versus simultaneously with – the target, even though the overall congruency (i.e., conflict) effect was equivalent in these conditions (Experiment 1) or smaller when the distractor appeared before the target (Experiment 2). We also observed a negative congruency effect in the MI blocks of Experiment 2, which is inconsistent with a shift of attention toward the target. We conclude that a modulation of response activation contributes to the LWPCE. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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