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Incompatible stimulus-response mapping tasks require inhibiting correct responses. Increased mapping complexity reduces negative priming effects, suggesting cognitive resources prioritize response identification over inhibition.

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Cognitive Psychology
Human Factors Engineering
Neuroscience

Background:

The role of response inhibition in incompatible stimulus-response (S-R) mapping tasks is debated.
Previous research indicated negative priming effects only for S-R mappings without simple rules.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of mapping complexity on negative priming in incompatible S-R tasks.
To test the hypothesis that higher mapping complexity diminishes negative priming by shifting cognitive resources.

Main Methods:

Two experiments employed six-choice spatial tasks with varying mapping complexities.
Reaction times were analyzed using a negative priming paradigm.

Main Results:

Negative priming effects decreased as mapping complexity increased.
This suggests cognitive resources were allocated to response identification over response inhibition.

Conclusions:

Mapping complexity influences the cognitive processes underlying incompatible S-R tasks.
The findings support a two-process model where increased complexity favors response identification, reducing the need for inhibition.