Linking task selection to task performance: Internal and predictable external processing constraints jointly influence voluntary task switching behavior.

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1529-1548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Mittelstädt ◽  
Jeff Miller ◽  
Andrea Kiesel
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Task Switching ◽  
Switching Behavior ◽  
Task Selection ◽  
Voluntary Task Switching

A model of random task selection in voluntary task switching

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Vandierendonck ◽  
Jelle Demanet ◽  
Baptist Liefooghe ◽  
Frederick Verbruggen
Keyword(s):  
Task Switching ◽  
Task Selection ◽  
Voluntary Task Switching

scholarly journals Voluntary task switching in children: Switching more reduces the cost of task selection.

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 1615-1625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurélien Frick ◽  
Maria A. Brandimonte ◽  
Nicolas Chevalier
Keyword(s):  
Task Switching ◽  
Task Selection ◽  
Voluntary Task Switching ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals Spontaneous Mind-Wandering Tendencies Linked to Cognitive Flexibility in Young Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Sheng Wong ◽  
Adrian R. Willoughby ◽  
Liana Machado
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Task Switching ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Voluntary Task Switching ◽  
Switching Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Task

Despite that previous studies have investigated mind wandering using task-switching paradigms, the association between the tendency to mind wander and cognitive flexibility remains largely unexplored. The present study investigated the relationship between self-reported spontaneous mind-wandering tendencies and task-switching performance in young adults. Seventy-nine university students performed a forced task-switching and a voluntary task-switching paradigm and then completed a battery of questionnaires. The results showed that compared to participants with lower spontaneous mind-wandering tendencies, participants with higher spontaneous mind-wandering tendencies demonstrated better performance (evidenced by smaller switch cost reaction times) in the forced task-switching paradigm despite indicating more mind wandering during task performance. Performance on the voluntary task-switching paradigm, on the other hand, did not differ between the two groups. The findings in the forced task-switching paradigm indicate a link between mind wandering and cognitive flexibility, thus providing initial evidence in favor of a role for switching in mind wandering.

scholarly journals Component processes underlying voluntary task selection

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Imburgio ◽  
Joseph M Orr
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Task Switching ◽  
Diffusion Models ◽  
Drift Diffusion ◽  
Task Selection ◽  
Stimulus Interval ◽  
Task Set ◽  
Voluntary Task Switching ◽  
Future Work ◽  
And Task

Most theories describing the cognitive processes underlying task switching allow for contributions of active task-set reconfiguration and task set inertia. Manipulations of the Cue-to-Stimulus-Interval (CSI) are generally thought to influence task set reconfiguration, while Response-to-Stimulus Interval (RSI) manipulations are generally thought to influence task set inertia (i.e., proactive interference from the previous task-set). However, these theories do not adequately account for the processes underlying voluntary task selection, because a participant can theoretically prepare for an upcoming trial at any point. To this end we used drift diffusion models to examine the contributions of reconfiguration and task set inertia in 216 undergraduate students who performed either cued or voluntary task switching paradigms. In both task versions, longer CSIs allowed for better preparation on all trial types. For the voluntary condition, but not the explicit condition, longer RSIs also reduced the effect of switching on preparation when CSIs were short. Further, when given enough time to prepare, participants in the voluntary version prepared more efficiently for switches than repeats. Together, these results indicate the use of a more proactive strategy when participants chose to switch in the voluntary version. In both paradigms, RSI manipulations produced the expected effect on switch costs; however, they consistently slowed repeat performance and generally did not affect performance on switch trials. The results suggest that drift diffusion models can quantify differences in strategy across voluntary and explicit task switching as well as measure contributions of inertia and preparation to voluntary task switching performance, including identifying preparation that occurs outside of the CSI in voluntary switching. The results also suggest that reductions in switch cost caused by reduced inertia might be more related to impeding repeat performance rather than facilitating switch performance. Future work should extend the current findings with manipulations of proactive vs. reactive strategies and other manipulations of inertia.

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