With or without Automaticity: Interference and Negative Priming Effects as Indicators of (Lacking) Convergent Validity in Two Computerized Stroop-like Tasks

Although significant interference and negative priming effects could be observed in two Stroop-like tasks regardless of the level of asymmetry (i.e. varying degree of automaticity) in target vs. distractor processing, these effects were unrelated across the tasks, suggesting a lack of convergent validity in tasks that are typically used interchangeably.