Is Conflict Adaptation an Illusion?

• Main Author: James R Schmidt (auth)
• Other Authors: Eva Van Den Bussche (auth), Wim Notebaert (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; cognitive control; Gratton effect; Proportion Congruent; conflict adaptation; timing; Attention; contingency learning; congruency sequence effect; binding; expectancies
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Conflict adaptation theory is one of the most popular theories in cognitive psychology. The theory argues that participants strategically modulate attention away from distracting stimulus features in response to conflict. Although results with proportion congruent, sequential congruency, and similar...