Incongruent dot comparison trials are less accurate and slower than congruent trials, consistent with an added inhibition step¶

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Currency · newest study 2013 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i? Children were significantly less accurate and slower on incongruent than congruent dot comparison trials, and correct incongruent responses were slower than incorrect ones. → Gilmore C 2013

Evidence¶

Gilmore C 2013¶

Gilmore C, Attridge N, Clayton S, Cragg L, Johnson S, Marlow N, Simms V, Inglis M. (2013). Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control, Not Non-Verbal Number Acuity, Correlate with Mathematics Achievement. PLoS ONE 8(6): e67374. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067374

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Experiment 1 accuracy and response-time analysis. Correct congruent responses averaged 1067ms versus 1413ms on incongruent trials (t(79) = 3.54, p = .001), which the authors read as evidence that "correctly solving an incongruent trial necessarily requires an additional processing step".

"children were significantly less accurate on the incongruent trials compared to the congruent trials ( t(79) = 10.0, p < .001)"

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