Data for: It’s more than Interference: Examining the Neuro-Hemodynamic Correlates of the Flanker Task with functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Geißler, Christoph
Frings, Christian
Other kind(s) of contributor
Hofmann, Markus
Abstract / Description
The data file "Neuro Data Flanker Task" was compiled using NIRS Brain AnalyzIR Toolbox v0.1 in Matlab 2018a.
Previous functional near‐infrared spectroscopy studies using the Eriksen flanker task, in contrast to functional magnetic resonance imaging studies, revealed the quite puzzling finding of an inverted conflict effect, that is, greater middle and superior frontal activation in response compatible than in response incompatible trials. However, since neither prior functional near‐infrared spectroscopy studies nor most previous functional magnetic resonance imaging studies separated between an identical and a compatible condition, it is hard to pinpoint whether this discrepancy occurs on the level of stimulus processing or response generation. By assigning two letters to both left (D, F) and right (J, K) hand reactions, we were able to separate identical (e.g., JJJ) and compatible (e.g., JKJ) conditions that solely differ in their stimulus congruency. Replicating prior functional magnetic resonance imaging findings, we found the standard conflict effect at the transition of superior and middle frontal gyrus, when comparing the activation in compatible trials to that in incompatible trials. Both changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin thus pointed to more effortful processing in incompatible trials. Interestingly, however, identical trials showed the highest activation in this region, according to both changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. A finding that mirrors and extends prior functional near‐infrared spectroscopy findings, which only regarded oxygenated blood. We argue that this pattern of results does not reflect the standard conflict effect. We rather assume that other processes like perceptual familiarity or strategic readjustment might be at play.
Dataset for: Geissler (Geißler), C. F., Hofmann, M. J., & Frings, C. (2020). It is more than Interference: Examining the neurohemodynamic correlates of the flanker task with functional near‐infrared spectroscopy. European Journal of Neuroscience, 52(3), 3022–3031. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14708
Keyword(s)
executive functions perceptual familiarity prefrontal cortex strategic readjustmentPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2020
Temporal coverage
2018 to 2019
Publisher
PsychArchives
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Geißler, Christoph
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Frings, Christian
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Other kind(s) of contributorHofmann, Markus
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Temporal coverage2018:2019
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PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2020-02-17T13:58:29Z
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Made available on2020-02-17T13:58:29Z
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Date of first publication2020
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Abstract / DescriptionThe data file "Neuro Data Flanker Task" was compiled using NIRS Brain AnalyzIR Toolbox v0.1 in Matlab 2018a.en
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Abstract / DescriptionPrevious functional near‐infrared spectroscopy studies using the Eriksen flanker task, in contrast to functional magnetic resonance imaging studies, revealed the quite puzzling finding of an inverted conflict effect, that is, greater middle and superior frontal activation in response compatible than in response incompatible trials. However, since neither prior functional near‐infrared spectroscopy studies nor most previous functional magnetic resonance imaging studies separated between an identical and a compatible condition, it is hard to pinpoint whether this discrepancy occurs on the level of stimulus processing or response generation. By assigning two letters to both left (D, F) and right (J, K) hand reactions, we were able to separate identical (e.g., JJJ) and compatible (e.g., JKJ) conditions that solely differ in their stimulus congruency. Replicating prior functional magnetic resonance imaging findings, we found the standard conflict effect at the transition of superior and middle frontal gyrus, when comparing the activation in compatible trials to that in incompatible trials. Both changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin thus pointed to more effortful processing in incompatible trials. Interestingly, however, identical trials showed the highest activation in this region, according to both changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. A finding that mirrors and extends prior functional near‐infrared spectroscopy findings, which only regarded oxygenated blood. We argue that this pattern of results does not reflect the standard conflict effect. We rather assume that other processes like perceptual familiarity or strategic readjustment might be at play.en
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Abstract / DescriptionDataset for: Geissler (Geißler), C. F., Hofmann, M. J., & Frings, C. (2020). It is more than Interference: Examining the neurohemodynamic correlates of the flanker task with functional near‐infrared spectroscopy. European Journal of Neuroscience, 52(3), 3022–3031. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14708en
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SponsorshipThe Rhineland‐Palatinate (Rheinland‐Pfalz) research group Psychobiology of Stress (2017, 2018) funded this study.en
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Table of contentsBehavioral Data Flanker Task; Neuro Data Flanker Tasken
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2372
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2760
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychArchivesen
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Is referenced byhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14708
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2761
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2762
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14708
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Keyword(s)executive functionsen
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Keyword(s)perceptual familiarityen
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Keyword(s)prefrontal cortexen
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Keyword(s)strategic readjustmenten
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleData for: It’s more than Interference: Examining the Neuro-Hemodynamic Correlates of the Flanker Task with functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopyen
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