Miklos Bognar, Zsuzsa Szekely, Marton A Varga, Kinga Nagy, Giacomo Spinelli, Andree Hartanto, Nadyanna M Majeed, Nicole Rui Ying Chen, Mate Gyurkovics, Balazs Aczel
The congruency sequence effect (CSE) is one of the most investigated effects in the cognitive control literature. The conflict monitoring theory suggests that the CSE is the result of adjustments in cognitive control based on perceived conflict. A recent paper by Zhang and colleagues, has investigated whether the manipulation of conflict level by changing distractor incompatibility in a flanker task affects the amount of adjustments in cognitive control. Their study produced mixed findings, somewhat supporting the original conflict monitoring theory, but also suggesting other explanations, such as the repetition expectancy account...
February 7, 2024: Scientific Reports