title: Trial history effects in stroop task performance are independent of top-down control.
abstract: In this study we sought to elucidate what mechanisms underlie the effects of trial history on information processing. We explicitly focused on the contribution of conflict control and S-R binding to sequential trial effects. Performance and brain activity were measured during two hours of continuous Stroop task performance. Mental fatigue, known to influence top-down processing, was used to elucidate separate effects via top-down and bottom-up mechanisms. Here we confirm that performance in the Stroop task is indeed strongly modulated by stimulus history. Performance was affected by the kind of advance information available; dependent on this information adjustments were made, resulting in differential effects of cognitive conflict, and S-R binding on subsequent performance. The influence of mental fatigue on information processing was mainly related to general effects on attention.
authors: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. M.M.Lorist@rug.nl
authors: Monicque M
authors: MM
authors: Lorist
authors: Jacob
authors: J
authors: Jolij
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013850:Thinking