Explain the need for an attentional controller and a conflict monitor in the neural-network model of cognitive processing for the Stroop task
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The three-layer neural-network model of cognitive processing for the Stroop task suggests that word nodes have stronger connections to the response nodes than the color nodes. As a result, many errors should be made when the words are incompatible. However, participants do not make that many errors on incompatible trials. Therefore, it is important to include an attentional controller in the model to add activation to the nodes that are relevant to the goals of the task at hand. The conflict monitor monitors for conflict between nodes. When conflict increases, the conflict monitor engages executive attention.
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