Item-specific adaptation and the conflict-monitoring hypothesis: A computational model.
Authors:
- Chris BlaisCBChris Blais
- Serje RobidouxSRSerje Robidoux
- Evan F. RiskoEREvan F. Risko
- Derek BesnerDBDerek Besner
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Review
- Vol. 114 (4) , 1076-1086
Abstract
M. M. Botvinick, T. S. Braver, D. M. Barch, C. S. Carter, and J. D. Cohen (2001) implemented their conflict-monitoring hypothesis of cognitive control in a series of computational models. The authors of the current article first demonstrate that M. M. Botvinick et al.'s (2001) conflict-monitoring Stroop model fails to simulate L. L. Jacoby, D. S. Lindsay, and S. Hessels's (2003) report of an item-specific proportion-congruent (ISPC) effect in the Stroop task. The authors then implement a variant of M. M. Botvinick et al.'s model based on the assumption that control must be able to operate at the item level. This model successfully simulates the ISPC effect. In addition, the model provides an alternative to M. M. Botvinick et al.'s explanation of the list-level proportion-congruent effect in terms of an ISPC effect. Implications of the present modeling effort are discussed.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (A0998)