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  • 1Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

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Post-error slowing (PES) involves increased cognitive control, not just control failure. This effect is influenced by task demands, suggesting proactive cognitive control plays a role in error processing.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human Behavior

Background:

  • Post-error slowing (PES) is traditionally viewed as a control failure.
  • This failure is attributed to automatic attentional capture by errors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if post-error slowing (PES) also involves an increase in cognitive control.
  • To determine the influence of top-down control demands on PES.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Cued-task-switching paradigm with manipulated top-down control demands (dimension vs. mapping cues).
  • Experiment 2: Stroop task with manipulated control demands (incongruent vs. neutral stimuli).
  • Conditions were presented either in blocks or intermixed.

Main Results:

  • Larger PES was observed with higher control demand cues (dimension cues, incongruent Stroop).
  • PES was not larger when conditions were intermixed, suggesting context dependency.
  • PES is influenced by block-wide control demands.

Conclusions:

  • Post-error slowing (PES) is influenced by the cognitive control demands of the experimental context.
  • Proactive cognitive control mechanisms are involved in post-error slowing (PES).