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<p>Together with Elena Benini and Julie Bugg, I’m guest editing a special issue of <i>Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition</i> on <b>Conflict Adaptation Across Single and Multitasking Paradigms</b>.<br style="mso-special-character:
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<p>Over the past 30 years, research on cognitive control has uncovered many signatures of conflict adaptation — from classic single-task paradigms (Stroop, flanker, Simon) to more complex multi-tasking contexts (task switching, dual-tasking).<br>
This special issue aims to foster connection between these research strands by bringing together work on (but not limited to) three broad questions:<br>
· <b>Different sources of conflict:</b> How do we adapt to different types of conflict (e.g., response vs. task conflict, or semantic conflict in Stroop)? Does adaptation transfer across levels of processing, or is it type-specific?<br>
· <b>Mechanisms of adaptation:</b> Are transient and sustained conflict adaptation phenomena explained by attentional weighting, and if so, how does this work in multitasking contexts where the relevant/irrelevant features change from trial to trial?<br>
· <b>Stability vs. flexibility:</b> Do these two cognitive abilities trade off, or can they be regulated independently? And could debates around this question reflect differences in the level of processing being measured?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Submission details</b><br>
The deadline for initial submission is 1st <i>October 2026</i>. We welcome empirical studies, as well as reviews that offer new theoretical insights or integrative perspectives. For further details, please find the full call here:
<a href="https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/xlm/conflict-adaptation">https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/xlm/conflict-adaptation</a><br>
For further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me (<a href="mailto:luca.moretti@psych.rwth-aachen.de" target="_blank">luca.moretti@psych.rwth-aachen.de</a>) or Elena (<a href="mailto:elena.benini@unil.ch" target="_blank">elena.benini@unil.ch</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We’re really looking forward to your exciting contributions, and we’d be grateful if you could share this call with colleagues who might be interested.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
Luca Moretti, Elena Benini & Julie Bugg</p>
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