Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal context

The congruency sequence effect (CSE) refers to the reduction in the congruency effect in the current trial after an incongruent trial compared with a congruent trial. Although previous studies widely suggested that CSE was observed only in the modality repeat condition, few studies have reported tha...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyu Tang, Xi Zhang, Tingting Wang, Hongtao Yu, Aijun Wang, Ming Zhang
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1504068/full
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Xi Zhang
Tingting Wang
Hongtao Yu
Aijun Wang
Ming Zhang
Ming Zhang
Ming Zhang
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description The congruency sequence effect (CSE) refers to the reduction in the congruency effect in the current trial after an incongruent trial compared with a congruent trial. Although previous studies widely suggested that CSE was observed only in the modality repeat condition, few studies have reported that CSE could also appear in the modality switch condition. However, it remains unclear whether these conflicting findings were caused by partial repetition effects under modality transition conditions. To address this issue, Experiment 1 controlled for partial repetition effects by ensuring that the modality relationships in both the repetition and switch conditions were either fully congruent or incongruent. The results revealed significant CSE only under the modality repetition condition. In particular, a larger CSE was observed in visual–auditory (VA) repetition than in auditory–visual (AV) repetition, indicating that modality asymmetry might affect the CSE by inducing the priming effect. Thus, Experiment 2 concurrently presented visual and auditory stimuli to eliminate priming effects and further validated CSE differences between auditory and visual modalities. The results revealed that the CSE was significantly greater under the VA condition than under the AV condition and confirmed that the visual modality played a dominant role in the CSE, as visual information is prioritized in processing and ultimately reduces the congruency effect in the next trial. Overall, the present study provides evidence for the specificity of CSE under modality repetition conditions by excluding partial repetition effects and further underscores the critical role of visual dominance in cross-modal CSE.
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spelling doaj-art-688c6111c62b49868fe1a9cf798813602024-12-18T06:44:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-12-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.15040681504068Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal contextXiaoyu Tang0Xi Zhang1Tingting Wang2Hongtao Yu3Aijun Wang4Ming Zhang5Ming Zhang6Ming Zhang7School of Psychology, Liaoning Collaborative Innovation Center of Children and Adolescents Healthy Personality Assessment and Cultivation, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Liaoning Collaborative Innovation Center of Children and Adolescents Healthy Personality Assessment and Cultivation, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Soochow University, Suzhou, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Liaoning Collaborative Innovation Center of Children and Adolescents Healthy Personality Assessment and Cultivation, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Soochow University, Suzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Soochow University, Suzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaFaculty of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, JapanThe congruency sequence effect (CSE) refers to the reduction in the congruency effect in the current trial after an incongruent trial compared with a congruent trial. Although previous studies widely suggested that CSE was observed only in the modality repeat condition, few studies have reported that CSE could also appear in the modality switch condition. However, it remains unclear whether these conflicting findings were caused by partial repetition effects under modality transition conditions. To address this issue, Experiment 1 controlled for partial repetition effects by ensuring that the modality relationships in both the repetition and switch conditions were either fully congruent or incongruent. The results revealed significant CSE only under the modality repetition condition. In particular, a larger CSE was observed in visual–auditory (VA) repetition than in auditory–visual (AV) repetition, indicating that modality asymmetry might affect the CSE by inducing the priming effect. Thus, Experiment 2 concurrently presented visual and auditory stimuli to eliminate priming effects and further validated CSE differences between auditory and visual modalities. The results revealed that the CSE was significantly greater under the VA condition than under the AV condition and confirmed that the visual modality played a dominant role in the CSE, as visual information is prioritized in processing and ultimately reduces the congruency effect in the next trial. Overall, the present study provides evidence for the specificity of CSE under modality repetition conditions by excluding partial repetition effects and further underscores the critical role of visual dominance in cross-modal CSE.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1504068/fullcognitive controlcongruency sequence effectcross-modalconflict adaptationvisual dominance
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Xi Zhang
Tingting Wang
Hongtao Yu
Aijun Wang
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Ming Zhang
Ming Zhang
Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal context
Frontiers in Psychology
cognitive control
congruency sequence effect
cross-modal
conflict adaptation
visual dominance
title Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal context
title_full Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal context
title_fullStr Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal context
title_full_unstemmed Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal context
title_short Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal context
title_sort visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross modal context
topic cognitive control
congruency sequence effect
cross-modal
conflict adaptation
visual dominance
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1504068/full
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