Decomposing task-switching costs with the diffusion model

In four experiments, task-switching processes were investigated with variants of the alternating runs paradigm and the explicit cueing paradigm. The classical diffusion model for binary decisions (Ratcliff, 1978) was used to dissociate different components of task-switching costs. Findings can be re...

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Hauptverfasser: Schmitz, Florian (VerfasserIn) , Voß, Andreas (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2012
In: Journal of experimental psychology
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 38, Heft: 1, Pages: 222-250
ISSN:1939-1277
DOI:10.1037/a0026003
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Verfasserangaben:Florian Schmitz, Andreas Voss
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Zusammenfassung:In four experiments, task-switching processes were investigated with variants of the alternating runs paradigm and the explicit cueing paradigm. The classical diffusion model for binary decisions (Ratcliff, 1978) was used to dissociate different components of task-switching costs. Findings can be reconciled with the view that task-switching processes take place in successive phases as postulated by multiple-components models of task switching (e.g., Mayr & Kliegl, 2003; Ruthruff, Remington, & Johnston, 2001). At an earlier phase, task-set reconfiguration (Rogers & Monsell, 1995) or cue-encoding (Schneider & Logan, 2005) takes place, at a later phase, the response is selected in accord with constraints set in the first phase. Inertia effects (Allport, Styles, & Hsieh, 1994; Allport & Wylie, 2000) were shown to affect this later stage. Additionally, findings support the notion that response caution contributes to both global as well as to local switching costs when task switches are predictable. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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ISSN:1939-1277
DOI:10.1037/a0026003