Bivalency Effect in Task-Switching

By John George Grundy

During task-switching, if we occasionally encounter stimuli that cue more than

one task (i.e. bivalent stimuli), response slowing is observed on all univalent trials within

that block, even when no features overlap with the bivalent stimuli. This observation is

known as the bivalency effect. Here, I show that the bivalency effect reflects a form of

top-down cognitive control that is not easily explained by most current models of control

in the literature. The research presented within my thesis reveals that the bivalency effect

reflects an adjustment in cognitive control that is highly dependent on past experience

with response conflict.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835207979
• ISBN13: 9781835207970
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Dutt Hb
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"