%0 Conference Paper
%A Müller, Veronika
%T Stroop interference as a function of stimulus material, presentation design, control condition, and cognitive demand: Evidence from neuroimaging and behavioral meta-analyses
%M FZJ-2024-05611
%D 2024
%X One of the best-known paradigms to study interference between cognitive processes isthe Stroop task1. Over time, many variants of the task have evolved2, differing with respectto stimulus material (e.g. color-word, picture-word or number variants), control conditions(congruent or neutral), presentation design (mixed or blocked), as well as combinations withadditional cognitive demands. The neural and behavioral impact of this variety, however, hasnever been systematically assessed. We performed a series of meta-analyses to synthesizebehavioral and neuroimaging findings of studies implementing Stroop-type tasks and toinvestigate commonalities and differences between different versions. In total, the coordinate-based meta-analyses included 133 neuroimaging experiments, which reported 164 effect sizesfor inclusion in the behavioral analyses. Results revealed little impact of task variations on themean effect size of reaction time (¯g=0.64 across all 164 effect sizes, CI = 0.56-0.73). Neurally,incongruence processing in the classic color-word Stroop variant consistently recruited regionsof the multiple-demand network, with some modulation of spatial convergence by stimulusmaterial, control condition, design, and cognitive demand. In line with the view of a “many-to-one mapping”3, our results suggest that the seemingly unitary behavioral costs of Stroop-type conflicts may arise from partly different neural processing mechanisms, depending oncontextual factors. The impact of different features of the task should therefore be carefullyconsidered when planning or interpreting Stroop-type experiments, especially in clinical orother applied fields.[1] Stroop, JR (1935). J.Exp.Psychol., 18:643-662.[2] McLeod, CM (1991). Psychol. Bull., 109 (2):163-203.[3] Westlin, C, et al. (2023). TiCS, 27(3):246-257
%B 53rd DGPs Congress/15th ÖGP Conference
%C 16 Sep 2024 - 19 Sep 2024, Vienna (Austria)
Y2 16 Sep 2024 - 19 Sep 2024
M2 Vienna, Austria
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)24
%9 Poster
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1031215