How to measure post-error slowing: The case of pre-error speeding
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- Post-error slowing is one of the most widely employed measures to study cognitive and behavioral consequences of error commission. Several methods have been proposed to quantify the post-error slowing effect, and we discuss two main methods: The traditional method of comparing response times in correct post-error trials to response times of correct trials that follow another correct trial, and a more recent proposal of comparing response times in correct post-error trials to the corresponding correct pre-error trials. Based on thoroughPost-error slowing is one of the most widely employed measures to study cognitive and behavioral consequences of error commission. Several methods have been proposed to quantify the post-error slowing effect, and we discuss two main methods: The traditional method of comparing response times in correct post-error trials to response times of correct trials that follow another correct trial, and a more recent proposal of comparing response times in correct post-error trials to the corresponding correct pre-error trials. Based on thorough re-analyses of two datasets, we argue that the latter method provides an inflated estimate by also capturing the (partially) independent effect of pre-error speeding. We propose two solutions for improving the assessment of human error processing, both of which highlight the importance of distinguishing between initial pre-error speeding and later post-error slowing.…
Author: | Roland Pfister, Anna Foerster |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-273244 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften (Philos., Psycho., Erziehungs- u. Gesell.-Wissensch.) / Institut für Psychologie |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Behavior Research Methods |
ISSN: | 1554-3528 |
Year of Completion: | 2022 |
Volume: | 54 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pagenumber: | 435–443 |
Source: | Behavior Research Methods 2022, 54(1):435–443. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01631-4 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01631-4 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34240334 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Tag: | performance monitoring; post-error slowing; pre-error speeding; response-time analysis |
Release Date: | 2022/06/27 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |