Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-2021

Abstract

Exploring the mechanisms of cognitive control is central to understanding how we control our behaviour. These mechanisms can be studied in conflict paradigms, which require the inhibition of irrelevant responses to perform the task. It has been suggested that in these tasks, the detection of conflict enhances cognitive control resulting in improved conflict resolution of subsequent trials. If this is the case, then this so-called congruency sequence effect can be expected to occur in cross-domain tasks. Previous research on the domaingenerality of the effect presented inconsistent results. In this study, we provide a multi-site replication of three previous experiments of Kan et al. (Kan IP, Teubner-Rhodes S, Drummey AB, Nutile L, Krupa L, Novick JM 2013 Cognition 129, 637–651) which test congruency sequence effect between very different domains: from a syntactic to a non-syntactic domain (Experiment 1), and from a perceptual to a verbal domain (Experiments 2 and 3). Despite all our efforts, we found only partial support for the claims of the original study. With a single exception, we could not replicate the original findings; the data remained inconclusive or went against the theoretical hypothesis. We discuss the compatibility of the results with alternative theoretical frameworks.

Keywords

Replication, domain-generality, conflict adaptation, cognitive control

Discipline

Cognitive Psychology | Psychology

Research Areas

Psychology

Publication

Royal Society Open Science

Volume

8

Issue

3

First Page

1

Last Page

14

ISSN

2054-5703

Identifier

10.1098/rsos.191353

Publisher

The Royal Society

Copyright Owner and License

Authors CC-BY

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191353

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