TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing set size breaks down sequential congruency
T2 - Evidence for an associative locus of cognitive control
AU - Blais, Chris
AU - Verguts, Tom
N1 - Funding Information:
CB was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) . TV was supported by Ghent University BOF/GOA , BOF08/GOA/011 .
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - In recent years, a number of studies have revealed that cognitive control is strongly context-dependent (e.g., Crump et al., 2006). Inspired by this, computational models have been formulated based on the idea that cognitive control processes are based on associative learning (Blais et al., 2007; Verguts & Notebaert, 2008). Here, we test a natural consequence of this idea, namely, that sequential congruency effects (Gratton et al., 1992) should gradually decrease with an increasing number of task-relevant features (e.g., stimuli). The effect is empirically observed and simulated in a computational model. Implications of our findings are discussed.
AB - In recent years, a number of studies have revealed that cognitive control is strongly context-dependent (e.g., Crump et al., 2006). Inspired by this, computational models have been formulated based on the idea that cognitive control processes are based on associative learning (Blais et al., 2007; Verguts & Notebaert, 2008). Here, we test a natural consequence of this idea, namely, that sequential congruency effects (Gratton et al., 1992) should gradually decrease with an increasing number of task-relevant features (e.g., stimuli). The effect is empirically observed and simulated in a computational model. Implications of our findings are discussed.
KW - Associative learning
KW - Cognitive control
KW - Computational modeling
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U2 - 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.07.009
DO - 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.07.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 22964053
AN - SCOPUS:84865812863
SN - 0001-6918
VL - 141
SP - 133
EP - 139
JO - Acta Psychologica
JF - Acta Psychologica
IS - 2
ER -