Better response inhibition (complex No-Go accuracy) is associated with longer reaction times on counterintuitive misconception trials, not better performance¶
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q3 i? Complex No-Go accuracy uniquely accounted for 1% of variance in misconception RT, with greater accuracy associated with longer RT, contrary to the hypothesis that better response inhibition would improve performance. → Brookman-Byrne A 2018
Evidence¶
Brookman-Byrne A 2018¶
Brookman-Byrne A, Mareschal D, Tolmie AK, Dumontheil I (2018) Inhibitory control and counterintuitive science and maths reasoning in adolescence. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198973. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198973
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Hierarchical multiple regression (N = 81) predicting misconception RT; model 2b added complex No-Go accuracy, R2 = 85%, ΔR2 = 1.0%, β = .10, p = .027. "Greater complex No-Go accuracy was associated with higher misconception RT".
"Complex No-Go accuracy was selected in model 2b, uniquely accounting for 1% of the variance. Greater complex No-Go accuracy was associated with higher misconception RT."
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Related Claims¶
- Incongruent items in school-topic tasks are generally associated with longer response times and lower accuracy, patterns consistent with inhibitory control recruitment — related
- Adolescents show lower accuracy and longer reaction times on counterintuitive misconception trials than on matched control trials in science and maths — related
- Better semantic inhibition (smaller Stroop RT cost) is associated with higher accuracy on counterintuitive science and maths misconception trials — related
- In discipline-specific exploratory regressions, neither Stroop RT cost nor complex No-Go accuracy significantly predicted science or maths misconception measures separately — related
- Interference suppression, but not response inhibition, relates to academic achievement and schooling skills — related
- The ability to generate a single correct inhibitory response is evident early in development, while what improves through adolescence is the proportion of trials with correct inhibitory responses — related
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Better response inhibition (complex No-Go accuracy) is associated with longer reaction times on counterintuitive misconception trials, not better performance |
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Better response inhibition (complex No-Go accuracy) is associated with longer reaction times on counterintuitive misconception trials, not better performance |
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