The effect of staircase stopping accuracy and testing environment on stop-signal reaction time.

ABSTRACT: The stop-signal task is widely used in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience research, as well as neuropsychological and clinical practice for assessing response inhibition. The task requires participants to make speeded responses on a majority of trials, but to inhibit responses when a stop signal appears after the imperative cue. The stop-signal delay after the onset of the imperative cue determines how difficult it is to cancel an initiated action. The delay is typically staircased to maintain a 50% stopping accuracy for an estimation of stopping speed to be calculated. However, the validity of this estimation is compromised when participants engage in strategic slowing, motivated by a desire to avoid stopping failures. We hypothesized that maintaining stopping accuracy at

SUBMITTER: Tran DMD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879560 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature