Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, USA.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2023 Jul;76(7):1457-1480. doi: 10.1177/17470218221114769. Epub 2022 Aug 10.
Cognitive control serves a crucial role in human higher mental functions. The Dual Mechanisms of Control theoretical framework provides a unifying account that decomposes cognitive control into two qualitatively distinct mechanisms-proactive control and reactive control. Here, we describe the Dual Mechanisms of Cognitive Control (DMCC) task battery, which was developed to probe cognitive control modes in a theoretically targeted manner, along with detailed descriptions of the experimental manipulations used to encourage shifts to proactive or reactive mode in each of four prototypical domains of cognition: selective attention, context processing, multitasking, and working memory. We present results from this task battery, conducted from a large ( > 100), online sample that rigorously evaluates the group effects of these manipulations in primary indices of proactive and reactive control, establishing the validity of the battery in providing dissociable yet convergent measures of the two cognitive control modes. The DMCC battery may be a useful tool for the research community to examine cognitive control in a theoretically targeted manner across different individuals and groups.
认知控制在人类高级心理功能中起着至关重要的作用。双机制控制理论框架提供了一个统一的解释，将认知控制分解为两种截然不同的机制——前摄控制和反应控制。在这里，我们描述了双机制认知控制（DMCC）任务电池，该电池旨在以理论为目标的方式探测认知控制模式，同时详细描述了在四个典型认知领域中的每一个领域中使用的实验操作，以鼓励向主动或反应模式转变：选择性注意、语境处理、多任务处理和工作记忆。我们从一个大型（超过 100）的在线样本中展示了该任务电池的结果，该样本严格评估了这些操作在主动和反应控制的主要指标上的群体效应，从而证明了该电池在提供两种认知控制模式的可分离但收敛的测量方面的有效性。DMCC 电池可能是研究界的一个有用工具，可用于以理论为目标的方式在不同个体和群体中检查认知控制。
