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TY - JOUR
T1 - Out of control
T2 - An associative account of congruency effects in sequence learning
AU - Beesley, T.
AU - Jones, F.W.
AU - Shanks, D.R.
N1 - cited By 2
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - The demonstration of a sequential congruency effect in sequence learning has been offered as evidence for control processes that act to inhibit automatic response tendencies (Jiménez, Lupiáñez, & Vaquero, 2009) via unconscious conflict monitoring. Here we propose an alternative interpretation of this effect based on the associative learning of chains of sequenced contingencies. This account is supported by simulations with a Simple Recurrent Network, an associative (connectionist) model of sequence learning. We argue that the control- and associative-based accounts differ in their predictions concerning the magnitude of the sequential congruency effect across training. These predictions are tested by reanalysing data from a study by Shanks, Wilkinson, and Channon (2003). The results support the associative learning account which explains the sequential congruency effect without appealing to control processes (either conscious or unconscious).
AB - The demonstration of a sequential congruency effect in sequence learning has been offered as evidence for control processes that act to inhibit automatic response tendencies (Jiménez, Lupiáñez, & Vaquero, 2009) via unconscious conflict monitoring. Here we propose an alternative interpretation of this effect based on the associative learning of chains of sequenced contingencies. This account is supported by simulations with a Simple Recurrent Network, an associative (connectionist) model of sequence learning. We argue that the control- and associative-based accounts differ in their predictions concerning the magnitude of the sequential congruency effect across training. These predictions are tested by reanalysing data from a study by Shanks, Wilkinson, and Channon (2003). The results support the associative learning account which explains the sequential congruency effect without appealing to control processes (either conscious or unconscious).
KW - Control
KW - Sequential congruency
KW - Associative learning
KW - Connectionism
U2 - 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.020
DO - 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.020
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 413
EP - 421
JO - Consciousness and Cognition
JF - Consciousness and Cognition
SN - 1053-8100
IS - 1
ER -