Automatic and controlled response inhibition: Associative learning in the go/no-go and stop-signal paradigms.

In 5 experiments, the authors examined the development of automatic response inhibition in the go/no-go paradigm and a modified version of the stop-signal paradigm. They hypothesized that automatic response inhibition may develop over practice when stimuli are consistently associated with stopping. All 5 experiments consisted of a training phase and a test phase in which the stimulus mapping was reversed for a subset of the stimuli. Consistent with the automatic-inhibition hypothesis, the authors found that responding in the test phase was slowed when the stimulus had been consistently associated with stopping in the training phase. In addition, they found that response inhibition benefited from consistent…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Award: 0446806
• FW
  Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
• VR
  Vlaamse regering
• NI
  National Institute of Mental Health

  Award: R01-MH073879-01
• AF
  Air Force Office of Scientific Research

  Award: FA9550-07-1-0192