Effects of arousal on cognitive control: Empirical tests of the conflict-modulated Hebbian-learning hypothesis

An increasing number of empirical phenomena that were previously interpreted as a result of cognitive control, turn out to reflect (in part) simple associative-learning effects. A prime example is the proportion congruency effect, the finding that interference effects (such as the Stroop effect) dec...

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Main Authors: Stephen B.R.E. Brown, Henk eVan Steenbergen, Tomer eKedar, Sander eNieuwenhuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00023/full