Are the automatic effects of instructions modulated by instructed, context-specific strategic control?

Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) · 2026 · PMC13168618 · PMID 40635145

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did not quite reach significancep = .051so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The Context by Compatibility interaction did not quite reach significance ( p = .051), and the Bayesian analyses provided strong evidence in support of the null hypothesis ( BF = 23.551 ± 6.4%).

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