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The transfer of location-based control requires location-based conflict
Lauren Pickel1, Jay Pratt1, Blaire J Weidler2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
|July 17, 2019
Summary
Cognitive control settings can transfer to new items, but this effect is limited. Transfer of control settings occurs only in spatial tasks, not general Stroop tasks, suggesting spatial conflict is key.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Stimulus-driven attentional control is influenced by prior conflict experienced in a location.
- Cognitive control settings can transfer from conflict-biased to unbiased locations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the generalizability of cognitive control transfer across different task variations.
- To determine if control transfer extends beyond tasks involving spatial conflict.
Main Methods:
- Three experiments using variations of the Stroop task were conducted: classic Stroop, spatially segregated Stroop, and spatial Stroop.
- Location-specific proportion compatibility effects were measured in each task.
- The occurrence of transfer of control to unbiased items was assessed.
Main Results:
- Location-specific proportion compatibility effects were present in all Stroop task variations.
- Transfer of control to unbiased items was observed exclusively in the spatial Stroop task.
- This suggests that the nature of the conflict (spatial vs. non-spatial) influences control transfer.
Conclusions:
- The transfer of cognitive control settings within spatial categories is dependent on the spatial nature of the conflict.
- Spatial Stroop tasks, involving directional stimuli, facilitate the transfer of control settings.
- Generalizability of control transfer is limited to tasks with spatially defined conflict cues.
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