Task switching: interplay of reconfiguration and interference control.

Abstract:

:The task-switching paradigm is being increasingly used as a tool for studying cognitive control and task coordination. Different procedural variations have been developed. They have in common that a comparison is made between transitions in which the previous task is repeated and transitions that involve a change toward another task. In general, a performance switch cost is observed such that switching to a new task results in a slower and more error-prone execution of the task. The present article reviews the theoretical explanations of the switch cost and the findings collected in support of those explanations. Resolution and protection from interference by previous events explain part of the switching cost, but processes related to task setting and task preparation also play a prominent role, as testified by faster execution and lower switch costs when the preparation time is longer. The authors discuss the evidence in favor of each of these sets of accounts and raise a number of questions that situate task switching in a broader context of cognitive control processes. The role of several aspects of the task set, including task variations, task-set overlap, and task-set structure, is addressed, as is the role of knowledge about probability of task changes and about the structure of task sequences.

journal_name

Psychol Bull

journal_title

Psychological bulletin

authors

Vandierendonck A,Liefooghe B,Verbruggen F

doi

10.1037/a0019791

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-07-01 00:00:00

pages

601-26

issue

4

eissn

0033-2909

issn

1939-1455

pii

2010-12718-007

journal_volume

136

pub_type

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