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Schlaghecken, Friederike and Martini, Paolo (2012) Context, not conflict, drives cognitive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Perception and Performance, Volume 38 (Number 2). pp. 272-278. doi:10.1037/a0025791 ISSN 0096-1523.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0025791
Abstract
Theories of cognitive control generally assume that perceived conflict acts as a signal to engage
inhibitory mechanisms that suppress subsequent conflicting information. Crucially, an absence of
conflict is not regarded as being a relevant signal for cognitive control. Using a Cueing, a Priming,
and a Simon task, we provide evidence that conflict does not have this unique signal status: Encountering a conflict does not lead to behavioral adjustments on subsequent conflict trials, whereas encountering a non-conflict trial does lead to behavioral adjustments on subsequent nonconflict
trials. We propose that this apparent role-reversal can be explained by a mechanism that
responds to both the presence and the absence of conflict, down-regulating the visuo-motor system
following conflict, and up-regulating it following non-conflict.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cognition, Conflict (Psychology), Conditioned response | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Perception and Performance | ||||
Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
ISSN: | 0096-1523 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 38 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 272-278 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1037/a0025791 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Research Councils UK (RCUK) | ||||
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