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  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Working memory capacity (WMC) is linked to maintaining task goals.
  • Previous research on WMC and conflict processing yields mixed results.
  • Understanding WMC's role in cognitive control adjustments is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if WMC mediates differences in cognitive control adjustments during conflict.
  • To examine how WMC affects responses to varying conflict repetition rates.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed two complex-span tasks to measure WMC.
  • A Simon task with equiprobable congruent/incongruent trials was used.
  • Trial-by-trial cognitive control adjustments were manipulated via block design varying congruency repetitions.

Main Results:

  • Overall Simon effect was independent of WMC.
  • Low-WMC participants showed reduced Simon effect with fewer congruency repetitions.
  • High- and average-WMC participants exhibited a stable Simon effect across conditions.
  • Low-WMC individuals demonstrated increased stimulus location inhibition, particularly with low repetition rates.

Conclusions:

  • WMC influences adaptive cognitive control, particularly in response to conflict.
  • Low-WMC individuals may rely more on reactive control due to weaker preparatory control.
  • Task-irrelevant information interference is more pronounced in low-WMC individuals under specific conflict conditions.