Keep Flexible -- Keep Switching? Boundary Conditions of the Influence of Forced Task Switching on Voluntary Task Switching

Autor/inn/en	Fröber, Kerstin; Jurczyk, Vanessa; Dreisbach, Gesine
Titel	Keep Flexible -- Keep Switching? Boundary Conditions of the Influence of Forced Task Switching on Voluntary Task Switching
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48 (2022) 9, S.1249-1262 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fröber, Kerstin) ORCID (Jurczyk, Vanessa) ORCID (Dreisbach, Gesine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0001104
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Ability; Attention Control; Task Analysis; Generalization; Probability; Decision Making; Item Analysis; Training Methods; Prediction; Alphabets; Numbers; Handedness; Computer Assisted Testing; Reaction Time; Error Patterns; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Aufgabenanalyse; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Itemanalyse; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Vorhersage; Buchstabenschrift; Zahlenraum; Linkshändigkeit; Reaktionsvermögen; Fehlertyp; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	Frequent forced switching between tasks has been shown to reduce switch costs and increase voluntary switch rates. So far, however, the boundary conditions of the influence of forced task switching on voluntary task switching are unknown. Thus, the present study was aimed to test different aspects of generalizability (across items, tasks, and time) of switching-induced flexibility established in forced-choice trials on voluntary switching in free-choice trials. To this end, stimuli and tasks were systematically varied between forced- and free-choice trials in a hybrid task-switching paradigm. In a series of three experiments, we manipulated forced-choice switch probability (25% vs. 75%) and found that switching-induced flexibility generalizes to new items, but arguably not to new tasks. This task-specific effect is rather short-lived, limited to the first free-choice trial following a forced-choice trial. Underlying mechanisms of switching-induced flexibility, the versatility of flexibility and implications for the trainability of cognitive flexibility are discussed. (As Provided).
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