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Blaire J Weidler1, Emily R Cohen-Shikora2, Julie M Bugg2
1Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006)
|November 12, 2020
Summary
Cognitive control adapts proactively or reactively. This study found minimal evidence that the conflict-induced-filtering (CIF) mechanism supports reactive, location-specific control in flanker tasks.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive psychology
- Neuroscience
- Experimental psychology
Background:
- Cognitive control adapts to environmental conflict proactively or reactively.
- Proactive control in flanker tasks is linked to conflict-induced filtering (CIF).
- Location-specific control and its underlying mechanisms remain less understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if the CIF mechanism supports reactive, location-specific cognitive control.
- To determine if CIF, previously shown for proactive control, extends to reactive control.
- To explore the mechanisms of location-specific control in flanker tasks.
Main Methods:
- Interspersed visual search and flanker tasks to measure CIF.
- Utilized list-wide and location-specific proportion congruence manipulations.
- Conducted five experiments with varying congruence manipulations.
Main Results:
- Replicated evidence for CIF in proactive control using list-wide congruence.
- Found minimal evidence for CIF supporting reactive, location-specific control.
- Observed that location-specific effects are disrupted by intermixed tasks.
Conclusions:
- The CIF mechanism may not be the primary support for reactive, location-specific control.
- Reactive, location-specific control is sensitive to task dilution.
- Further research is needed to identify mechanisms for reactive, location-specific control.
Keywords:
Cognitive controlcontext-specific proportion congruenceflanker tasklist-wide proportion congruencevisual searchMore Related Videos
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