How Do Children Deal With Conflict? A Developmental Study of Sequential Conflict Modulation
This study examined age-related differences in sequential conflict modulation (SCM), elicited in three tasks requiring the inhibition of pre-potent responses; a Simon task, an S-R compatibility (SRC) task and a hybrid Choice-reaction/NoGo task. The primary focus was on age-related changes in perform...
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| description | This study examined age-related differences in sequential conflict modulation (SCM), elicited in three tasks requiring the inhibition of pre-potent responses; a Simon task, an S-R compatibility (SRC) task and a hybrid Choice-reaction/NoGo task. The primary focus was on age-related changes in performance changes following a conflict trial. A secondary aim was to assess whether SCM follows different developmental trajectories depending on the type of conflict elicited by the tasks. The tasks were presented to three different groups of participants with an age range between 7- to 25-years—one group of participants for each task. For each task, the response-to-stimulus interval (RSI) was manipulated (50 vs. 500 ms) across trial blocks to assess time-dependent changes in conflict modulation. The results showed SCM for all three tasks, although the specific patterns differed between tasks and RSIs. Importantly, the magnitude of SCM decreased with advancing age, but this developmental trend did not survive when considering age-group differences in basic response speed. The current results contribute to the emerging evidence suggesting that patterns of SCM are task specific and were interpreted in terms of multiple bottom-up control mechanisms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb87425528ee4e78b276974174a4e9a02022-12-21T22:37:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-05-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.00766333327How Do Children Deal With Conflict? A Developmental Study of Sequential Conflict ModulationSilvan F. A. Smulders0Eric L. L. Soetens1Maurits W. van der Molen2Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsDepartment of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsThis study examined age-related differences in sequential conflict modulation (SCM), elicited in three tasks requiring the inhibition of pre-potent responses; a Simon task, an S-R compatibility (SRC) task and a hybrid Choice-reaction/NoGo task. The primary focus was on age-related changes in performance changes following a conflict trial. A secondary aim was to assess whether SCM follows different developmental trajectories depending on the type of conflict elicited by the tasks. The tasks were presented to three different groups of participants with an age range between 7- to 25-years—one group of participants for each task. For each task, the response-to-stimulus interval (RSI) was manipulated (50 vs. 500 ms) across trial blocks to assess time-dependent changes in conflict modulation. The results showed SCM for all three tasks, although the specific patterns differed between tasks and RSIs. Importantly, the magnitude of SCM decreased with advancing age, but this developmental trend did not survive when considering age-group differences in basic response speed. The current results contribute to the emerging evidence suggesting that patterns of SCM are task specific and were interpreted in terms of multiple bottom-up control mechanisms.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00766/fullsequential conflict modulationconflict adaptationSimon taskS-R compatibility taskhybrid choice reaction/NoGo taskdevelopment |
| spellingShingle | Silvan F. A. Smulders Eric L. L. Soetens Maurits W. van der Molen How Do Children Deal With Conflict? A Developmental Study of Sequential Conflict Modulation Frontiers in Psychology sequential conflict modulation conflict adaptation Simon task S-R compatibility task hybrid choice reaction/NoGo task development |
| title | How Do Children Deal With Conflict? A Developmental Study of Sequential Conflict Modulation |
| title_full | How Do Children Deal With Conflict? A Developmental Study of Sequential Conflict Modulation |
| title_fullStr | How Do Children Deal With Conflict? A Developmental Study of Sequential Conflict Modulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Do Children Deal With Conflict? A Developmental Study of Sequential Conflict Modulation |
| title_short | How Do Children Deal With Conflict? A Developmental Study of Sequential Conflict Modulation |
| title_sort | how do children deal with conflict a developmental study of sequential conflict modulation |
| topic | sequential conflict modulation conflict adaptation Simon task S-R compatibility task hybrid choice reaction/NoGo task development |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00766/full |
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