Learning of across- and within-task contingencies modulates partial-repetition costs in dual-tasking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21533720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lasse Pelzer (0000-0002-4459-159X, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author), Christoph Naefgen (0000-0002-5804-1169, FernUniversität in Hagen), Robert Gaschler (0000-0002-8576-5330, FernUniversität in Hagen), Hilde Haider (0000-0001-7293-3166, University of Cologne) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 952-967 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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/s00426-021-01518-1 |
| PMID | 33885955 |
| OpenAlex | W3154173496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 58 |
Dual-task costs might result from confusions on the task-set level as both tasks are not represented as distinct task-sets, but rather being integrated into a single task-set. This suggests that events in the two tasks are stored and retrieved together as an integrated memory episode. In a series of three experiments, we tested for such integrated task processing and whether it can be modulated by regularities between the stimuli of the two tasks (across-task contingencies) or by sequential regularities within one of the tasks (within-task contingencies). Building on the experimental approach of feature binding in action control, we tested whether the participants in a dual-tasking experiment will show partial-repetition costs: they should be slower when only the stimulus in one of the two tasks is repeated from Trial n − 1 to Trial n than when the stimuli in both tasks repeat. In all three experiments, the participants processed a visual-manual and an auditory-vocal tone-discrimination task which were always presented concurrently. In Experiment 1, we show that retrieval of Trial n − 1 episodes is stable across practice if the stimulus material is drawn randomly. Across-task contingencies (Experiment 2) and sequential regularities within a task (Experiment 3) can compete with n − 1-based retrieval leading to a reduction of partial-repetition costs with practice. Overall the results suggest that participants do not separate the processing of the two tasks, yet, within-task contingencies might reduce integrated task processing
Cognitive psychology · Human multitasking · Speech recognition · Action Observation and Synchronization · Computer Science · Motor Control and Adaptation · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |