title: The locus of the Gratton effect in picture-word interference.
abstract: Between-trial effects in Stroop-like interference tasks are linked to differences in the amount of cognitive control. Trials following an incongruent trial show less interference, an effect suggested to result from the increased control caused by the incongruent previous trial (known as the Gratton effect). In this study, we show that cognitive control not only results in a different amount of interference but also in a different locus of the interference. That is, the stage of the task that shows the most interference changes as a function of the preceding trial. Using computational cognitive modeling, we explain these effects by a difference in the amount of processing of the irrelevant dimension of the stimulus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of GroningenDepartment of Psychology, University of Groningen.
authors.forename: Leendert
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Maanen
authors.forename: Hedderik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Rijn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D057190:Stroop Test; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: ACT-R; Accumulator models; Gratton effect; Picture-word interference; Psychological refractory period (PRP); RACE/A