A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control.

ABSTRACT: Adaptive behaviour requires interaction between neurocognitive systems. Yet, the possibility of concurrent cognitive control and incidental sequence learning remains contentious. We designed an experimental procedure of cognitive conflict monitoring that follows a pre-defined sequence unknown to participants, in which either statistical or rule-based regularities were manipulated. We show that participants learnt the statistical differences in the sequence when stimulus conflict was high. Neurophysiological (EEG) analyses confirmed but also specified the behavioural results: the nature of conflict, the type of sequence learning, and the stage of information processing jointly determine whether cognitive conflict and sequence learning support or compete with each other. Especially statistic

SUBMITTER: Takacs A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042851 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature