Meta-analytic evidence for the complex mechanisms underlying congruency sequence effect.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The congruency sequence effect (CSE) refers to a reduction in the congruency effect after incongruent trials compared to congruent trials in a conflict-inducing task. There is an ongoing debate about the mechanisms underlying the CSE.

Methods

To help inform this debate, we conducted a meta-analysis of the relevant CSE studies published in the past 31 years (from 1992 to 2023). By measuring the mean effect sizes from various tasks and procedures, we examined to what extent the CSE results from top-down or bottom-up mechanisms and to what extent these mechanisms are local to the tasks performed or global to the experiment.

Results

Results demonstrate that while the CSE was larger for studies that included bottom-up confounds (Hedges' g = 1.28), it was still

SUBMITTER: Lee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11885397 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature