{"pk":49758,"title":"Action Slips: The Effects of Devaluation and Amount of Training","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Repetitive habitual behaviour can persist even when it conflicts with goals. This is termed an action slip. Wood et al. (2023) demonstrated this effect using a novel procedure, where participants' performance was strong on congruent trials but comparatively poor on incongruent trials. The current study extends their work by exploring a devaluation version of the experiment, followed by a further experiment that manipulates training duration. The devaluation approach eliminated the congruency effect, while reinstating standard testing with varied training led to its reappearance—even after a short amount of training. These findings challenge the Stimulus-Response (S-R) account and dual-process theory. We discuss the question of whether the congruency effect seen in these experiments is evidence to support a dual-process account of habitual behaviour.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Psychology; Behavioral Science; Learning"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2j59c277","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Katie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Wood","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Plymouth","department":""},{"first_name":"Professor Chris","middle_name":"","last_name":"Mitchell","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Plymouth","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2025-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/49758/galley/37720/download/"}]}