A PDP APPROACH TO SET SIZE EFFECTS WITHIN THE STROOP-TASK - REPLY TO KANNE, BALOTA, SPIELER, AND FAUST (1998)

In this reply, the authors point out that the simulations reported by S. M. Kanne. D. A. Balota, D. H. Spieler, and M. E. Faust (1996) did n ot incorporate mechanisms proposed to explain set size effects in J. D . Cohen, K. Dunbar, and J. L. McClelland (1990). The authors report a new simulation that incorporates these mechanisms and more accurately simulates S. M. Kanne et al.'s empirical data. The authors then point to other factors that could be explored in a more complete test of the ir model. The use of feed-forward rather than recurrent inhibition is discussed as a potentially important limitation of their original mode l. and recent work addressing this issue is described. The authors als o discuss possible differences between word reading and color naming i n the Stroop task. Although such differences may exist, the authors re tain their earlier view that such differences do not reflect a dichoto my between automatic and controlled processing.