Flanker task produces congruency effects in reaction time and accuracy in twelve-year-old children¶

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q3 i? Incongruent trials produce slower reaction times (648 ms vs 574 ms) and higher error rates (4.3% vs 1.4%) than congruent trials. → Checa 2011

Evidence¶

Checa 2011¶

Checa, P., & Rueda, M. R. (2011). Behavioral and Brain Measures of Executive Attention and School Competence in Late Childhood. Developmental Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2011.591857

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Behavioral results from the combined Flanker-Go/No-Go task in 37 children. The study reports a significant reaction time difference between congruent and incongruent trials, with less errors in congruent (1.4%) than incongruent (4.3%) trials.

"The difference in reaction time between con- gruent (574 msec) and incongruent (648 msec) trials was significant ( t (64) =− 3.5; p < .001)."

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