Conflict In UnidimensionalTask SettingsDissertationder Fakultät für Informations- und Kognitionswissenschaftender Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingenzur Erlangung des Grades einesDoktors der Naturwissenschaften(Dr. rer. nat.)vorgelegt vonDipl.-Psych. Carolin Dudschigaus PforzheimTübingen2009Tag der mündlichen Qualifikation: 14.04.2010Dekan: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Kohlbacher1. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Rolf Ulrich2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Leuthold3. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Barbara KaupContentsAcknowledgements..............................................................................................................5List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................61. Introduction.................................................................................................................71.1. Information Processing .......................................................................................81.2. Cognitive Control...............................................................................................101.3. Conflict Monitoring and the Prefrontal Cortex...................................................111.3.1. Evaluative Aspect of Conflict Monitoring ................................................121.3.1.1. Theoretical Aspects of Conflict ..........................................................131.3.1.2.