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16328435

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated if task switching affects late response processes that occur after the selection of a response. Subjects performed a sequence of two responses. The first and second response were selected, and then executed in close succession. The interresponse interval (IRI) was taken as a measure of late response processes. The two responses could either belong to different tasks (task-switch condition), or to the same task that was performed twice (task-repetition condition). In all three experiments, the IRI was found to be longer in the task-switch condition than in the task-repetition condition, consistent with the idea that task switching affected late response processes. However, the effects of the manipulation of the stimulus-onset asynchrony revealed that the tendency to perform the two responses as a sequence was reduced in the task-switch condition relative to the task-repetition condition. Thus, the data do not provide unequivocal evidence for task switching affecting late response processes. The data show, however, that task switching affected action sequencing. Two actions that do not belong to the same task context are less likely to be performed as an action sequence. We suggest that task switching interacts with higher-order control processes that cannot be studied within the traditional task-switching paradigm.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0340-0727
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
526-40
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Task switching and action sequencing.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich, Germany. s.schuch@bangor.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article