Novelty and learning in cognitive control: evidence from the Simon task.

ABSTRACT: While information that is associated with inappropriate responses can interfere with an ongoing task and be detrimental to performance, cognitive control mechanisms and specific contextual conditions can alleviate interference from unwanted information. In the spatial correspondence (Simon) task, interference has been consistently shown to be reduced by spatial non-correspondence in the previous trial (i.e., correspondence sequence effect, CSE); however the mechanisms supporting this sequential effect are not well understood. Here we investigated the role of novelty and trial-to-trial changes in stimulus and response features in a Simon task, observing similar modulation of CSE for novel and non-novel stimulus changes. However, changing the response modality from trial to trial dampened CS

SUBMITTER: De Cesarei A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10497436 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature