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dc.contributor.authorLogan, GD
dc.contributor.authorVan Zandt, T
dc.contributor.authorVerbruggen, Frederick
dc.contributor.authorWagenmakers, EJ
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-13T09:46:23Z
dc.date.issued2014-01
dc.description.abstractResponse inhibition is an important act of control in many domains of psychology and neuroscience. It is often studied in a stop-signal task that requires subjects to inhibit an ongoing action in response to a stop signal. Performance in the stop-signal task is understood as a race between a go process that underlies the action and a stop process that inhibits the action. Responses are inhibited if the stop process finishes before the go process. The finishing time of the stop process is not directly observable; a mathematical model is required to estimate its duration. Logan and Cowan (1984) developed an independent race model that is widely used for this purpose. We present a general race model that extends the independent race model to account for the role of choice in go and stop processes, and a special race model that assumes each runner is a stochastic accumulator governed by a diffusion process. We apply the models to 2 data sets to test assumptions about selective influence of capacity limitations on drift rates and strategies on thresholds, which are largely confirmed. The model provides estimates of distributions of stop-signal response times, which previous models could not estimate. We discuss implications of viewing cognitive control as the result of a repertoire of acts of control tailored to different tasks and situations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 121, Issue 1, pp. 66 - 95en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/a0035230
dc.identifier.other2014-03591-002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/14640
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24490789en_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rev/en_GB
dc.titleOn the ability to inhibit thought and action: General and special theories of an act of control.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2014-03-13T09:46:23Z
dc.identifier.issn0033-295X
exeter.place-of-publicationUnited States
dc.descriptiontypes: Journal Articleen_GB
dc.descriptionThis is a postprint of an article published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology © 2014 copyright American Psychological Association. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. Psychological Review is available online at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rev/en_GB
dc.identifier.journalPsychological Reviewen_GB


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