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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroimaging
  • Human Psychology

Background:

  • Sequential effects in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) activity and behavior are observed in Stroop-like tasks.
  • Previous research lacks consensus on whether these ACC effects stem from experienced incongruency or expectations of target types.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether sequential effects in the ACC during a Stroop-like task are driven by experienced conflict or by expectations about upcoming target types.
  • To differentiate the roles of experienced conflict versus probabilistic cueing in modulating attentional control.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment using a Stroop-like task.
  • Manipulation of expectancy using symbolic cues predicting congruent or incongruent targets with 75% or 50% certainty.
  • Analysis of behavioral data and dorsal ACC activity to assess conflict effects.

Main Results:

  • Behavioral and dorsal ACC data replicated previous sequential effects.
  • Conflict effects were smallest for targets following cues that predicted incongruent targets with 75% certainty.
  • These sequential effects were found to be driven by the symbolic cues (expectations) rather than experienced conflict.

Conclusions:

  • Attentional control activity in the ACC is differentially modulated by probabilistic cueing.
  • Findings provide evidence for cognitive control adjustments driven by changes in expectation, independent of immediate experienced conflict.
  • This highlights the role of predictive mechanisms in top-down attentional regulation.