More conflict does not trigger more adjustment of cognitive control for subsequent performance: A study of the bivalency effect

Rey-Mermet, Alodie; Meier, Beat (April 2014). More conflict does not trigger more adjustment of cognitive control for subsequent performance: A study of the bivalency effect (Unpublished). In: 56. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Giessen, Germany. 30.03.- 2.04.2014.

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Encountering a conflict triggers an adjustment of cognitive control. This adjustment of cognitive control can even affect subsequent performance. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether more conflict triggers more adjustment of cognitive control for subsequent performance. To this end, we focussed on the bivalency effect, that is, the adjustment of cognitive control following the conflict induced by bivalent stimuli (i.e., stimuli
with relevant features for two tasks). In two experiments, we tested whether the amount of conflict triggered by bivalent stimuli affected the bivalency effect. Bivalent stimuli were either compatible (i.e., affording one response) or incompatible (i.e., affording two different responses). Thus, compatible bivalent stimuli involved a task conflict, whereas incompatible bivalent stimuli involved a task and a response conflict. The results showed that the bivalency effect was not affected by this manipulation. This indicates that more conflict does not trigger
more adjustment of cognitive control for subsequent performance. Therefore, only the occurrence of conflict – not its amount – is determinant for cognitive control

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Psychological and Behavioral Health
UniBE Contributor:	Rey-Mermet, Alodie Denise, Meier, Beat
Subjects:	100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
Language:	English
Submitter:	Anna Maria Ruprecht Künzli
Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2015 13:50
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2023 23:34
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/65848