Subjective estimates of total processing time in dual-tasking
(Some) Good News for Bad Introspection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21533607 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Bratzke (0000-0001-7206-7851, University of Bremen, corresponding author), Donna Bryce (0000-0001-8311-4457, University of Tübingen) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1560-1568 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-0727 • E-ISSN: 1430-2772 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00426-022-01762-z |
| PMID | 36367568 |
| OpenAlex | W4308766109 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
Previous studies have shown severe distortions of introspection about dual-task interference in the Psychological Refractory Period (PRP) paradigm. The present study investigated participants’ ability to introspect about the total trial time in this paradigm, as this temporal information may arguably be more relevant for strategic task scheduling than subjective estimates of each task within the dual task. To this end, participants provided estimates of their reaction times (IRTs) for the two subtasks in one half of the experiment, and estimates of the total trial time (ITTs) in the other half of the experiment. Although the IRT results showed the typical unawareness of the PRP effect, ITTs reflected the effects of SOA and Task 2 difficulty on objective total trial time. Additional analyses showed that IRTs were influenced by the introspective task order; that is, the ITT pattern carried over to IRTs when IRTs were assessed in the second half of the experiment. Overall, the present results show that people are able to accurately introspect about total trial time in the PRP paradigm and thus provide some good news for bad introspection in the PRP paradigm
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Introspection · Mind-wandering · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Engineering · Mind wandering and attention · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |