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Sustained suppression in congruency tasks

Wim Notebaert (UGent) and Eric Soetens
(2006) QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 59(1). p.178-189
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In a list version of the Stroop task, Thomas (1977) observed that Stroop interference was smaller when the irrelevant word was repeated through parts of the list. MacLeod (1991) formulated the sustained-suppression hypothesis for this effect. It is assumed that the automatic response activation on the basis of the irrelevant word is selectively suppressed. In this paper this hypothesis is further investigated. In a serial Stroop task with short response-stimulus interval (RSI) we demonstrate that the Stroop effect disappears when the irrelevant word is repeated, whereas the Stroop effect is evident when the word changes. With a long RSI, there is no influence of the sequence of the irrelevant word. The same pattern of results is observed in a flanker task. The results are discussed in terms of the activation-suppression model (Ridderinkhof, 2002) and the sustained-suppression hypothesis.
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STIMULUS-RESPONSE COMPATIBILITY, SPATIAL STIMULUS, SELECTIVE ATTENTION, INTERFERENCE, ACTIVATION, CONFLICT, MODEL, AUTOMATICITY, INFORMATION, WORDS

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Notebaert, Wim, and Eric Soetens. 2006. “Sustained Suppression in Congruency Tasks.” Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 59 (1): 178–189.
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Notebaert, W., & Soetens, E. (2006). Sustained suppression in congruency tasks. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 59(1), 178–189. Presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic-Society.
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Notebaert W, Soetens E. Sustained suppression in congruency tasks. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2006;59(1):178–89.
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Notebaert, Wim, and Eric Soetens. “Sustained Suppression in Congruency Tasks.” QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 59.1 (2006): 178–189. Print.
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  abstract     = {In a list version of the Stroop task, Thomas (1977) observed that Stroop interference was smaller when the irrelevant word was repeated through parts of the list. MacLeod (1991) formulated the sustained-suppression hypothesis for this effect. It is assumed that the automatic response activation on the basis of the irrelevant word is selectively suppressed. In this paper this hypothesis is further investigated. In a serial Stroop task with short response-stimulus interval (RSI) we demonstrate that the Stroop effect disappears when the irrelevant word is repeated, whereas the Stroop effect is evident when the word changes. With a long RSI, there is no influence of the sequence of the irrelevant word. The same pattern of results is observed in a flanker task. The results are discussed in terms of the activation-suppression model (Ridderinkhof, 2002) and the sustained-suppression hypothesis.},
  author       = {Notebaert, Wim and Soetens, Eric},
  issn         = {1747-0218},
  journal      = {QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY},
  language     = {eng},
  location     = {Vancouver, Canada},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {178--189},
  title        = {Sustained suppression in congruency tasks},
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210500151360},
  volume       = {59},
  year         = {2006},
}
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