Braverman, A. & Meiran, N.
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
Using a task switching paradigm, the authors independently manipulated two kinds of conflict: task conflict (with information that potentially triggers the relevant or the competing task rule/identity) and response conflict (with information potentially triggering the relevant or the competing manual response). Blocks with high/low proportion of task/response conflict trials were included. It was found that performance was poorer with conflict than without conflict, indicating task conflict effect (TCE) and response conflict effect (RCE). Importantly, the RCE diminished in blocks with high proportion of conflict trials, regardless of conflict type whereas the TCE was unaffected. Implications for theories of conflict monitoring are discussed.