Central cross-talk in task switching: Evidence from manipulating input–output modality compatibility.

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1075-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Nadine Stephan ◽  
Iring Koch
2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 491-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Nadine Stephan ◽  
Iring Koch

Author(s):  
Denise Nadine Stephan ◽  
Iring Koch ◽  
Jessica Hendler ◽  
Lynn Huestegge

Previous research suggested that specific pairings of stimulus and response modalities (visual-manual and auditory-vocal tasks) lead to better dual-task performance than other pairings (visual-vocal and auditory-manual tasks). In the present task-switching study, we further examined this modality compatibility effect and investigated the role of response modality by additionally studying oculomotor responses as an alternative to manual responses. Interestingly, the switch cost pattern revealed a much stronger modality compatibility effect for groups in which vocal and manual responses were combined as compared to a group involving vocal and oculomotor responses, where the modality compatibility effect was largely abolished. We suggest that in the vocal-manual response groups the modality compatibility effect is based on cross-talk of central processing codes due to preferred stimulus-response modality processing pathways, whereas the oculomotor response modality may be shielded against cross-talk due to the supra-modal functional importance of visual orientation.


2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Nadine Stephan ◽  
Iring Koch ◽  
Jessica Hendler ◽  
Lynn Huestegge

2005 ◽  
Vol 123-124 ◽  
pp. 258-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Ferrari ◽  
A. Ghisla ◽  
D. Marioli ◽  
A. Taroni

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 955-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edina Fintor ◽  
Denise N Stephan ◽  
Iring Koch

Two experiments examined the influence of preparation on modality compatibility effects in task switching. The term modality compatibility refers to the similarity between the stimulus modality and the modality of response-related sensory consequences. Previous research showed evidence for modality compatibility benefits in task switching when participants switched either between two modality compatible tasks (auditory-vocal and visual-manual) or between two modality incompatible tasks (auditory-manual and visual-vocal). In this study, we investigated the influence of active preparation on modality compatibility effects in task switching. To this end, in Experiment 1, we introduced unimodal modality cues, whereas in Experiment 2, bimodal abstract cues were used. In both experiments, the cue-stimulus interval (CSI) was manipulated while holding the response-stimulus interval (RSI) constant. In both experiments, we found not only decreased switch costs with long CSI but also the elimination of the residual switch costs. More importantly, this preparation effect did not modulate the modality compatibility effect in task switching. To account for this data pattern, we assume that cue-based preparation of switches by modality mappings was highly effective and produced no residual reaction time (RT) costs with long CSI.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Nadine Stephan ◽  
Johanna Josten ◽  
Erik Friedgen ◽  
Iring Koch

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