TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Trial-to-trial modulations of the Simon effect in conditions of attentional limitations: Evidence from dual tasks
JO  - Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance
A1  - Fischer, Rico
A1  - Plessow, Franziska
A1  - Kunde, Wilfried
A1  - Kiesel, Andrea
SP  - 1576
EP  - 1594
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
N2  - Interference effects are reduced after trials including response conflict. This sequential modulation has often been attributed to a top-down mediated adaptive control mechanism and/or to feature repetition mechanisms. In the present study we tested whether mechanisms responsible for such sequential modulations are subject to attentional limitations under dual-task situations. Participants performed a Simon task in mixed single- and dual-task contexts (Experiment 1), in blocked contexts with dual-task load either, in trialN (Experiment 2a), in trialN - 1 (Experiment 2b), or in both trials (Experiment 3). Results showed that the occurrence of a sequential modulation did not depend on dual-task load per se as it occurred predominantly in conditions of lowest and highest task load. Instead, task factors such as the repetition of task episodes and stimulus-response repetitions determined whether a sequential modulation occurred. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-1523
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019326
ID  - ref1
ER  -