Task-separation in dual-tasking: How action effects support the separation of the task streams

Pelzer, Lasse; Haffmann, Jannika; Naefgen, Christoph; Gaschler, Robert; Haider, Hilde

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103464

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“…Studies using variations of the Single-Dual Switch (SDS) paradigm (e.g., Kürten et al, 2022; Raettig & Huestegge, 2018, 2021; see also Huestegge & Strobach, 2021; Strobach & Huestegge, 2021) have taken a straightforward approach toward investigating simultaneous inhibitory and executive action control and ensuing dual-action benefits in a basic setting. The SDS paradigm combines the methodologies of the dual-task paradigm (e.g., Hirsch et al, 2018; Pelzer et al, 2022; Schacherer & Hazeltine, 2021) and the cue-based task-switching paradigm (e.g., Meiran, 1996; Sudevan & Taylor, 1987; for a review of both approaches see Koch et al, 2018). Participants frequently switched between responding to a stimulus (or stimuli) with either one single action (A), another, prepotent, single action (B), or dual action (A + B), as indicated by a cue.…”

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Preparing for simultaneous action and inaction: Temporal dynamics and target levels of inhibitory control.

Kürten¹,

Raettig²,

Gutzeit³

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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When a single action is required, along with the simultaneous inhibition of another action, this typically results in frequent false-positive executions of the latter (inhibition failures). The absence of inhibitory demands in dual-action trials can render performance less error-prone (and sometimes faster) than in single-action trials. In the present study, we investigated the temporal dynamics of inhibitory control difficulties by varying the preparation time (for simultaneous action execution and inhibition). In two experiments, participants responded to a single peripheral visual target either with an eye movement toward it (Single Saccade), with a spatially corresponding button press (Single Manual), or with both responses simultaneously (Dual Action) as indicated by a color cue. Preparation time was manipulated via the cue-stimulus interval within blocks (Experiment 1) and between blocks (Experiment 2). Overall, responses were faster with longer (vs. shorter) preparation time. Crucially, however, our results reveal the exact dynamics of how inhibition failures (and thus dual-action benefits) in both response modalities substantially decrease with longer preparation, even though the cue did not contain information regarding the fully specified response that needed to be inhibited (i.e., its direction). These results highlight the role of sufficient preparation time not only for efficient action execution but also for concurrent inhibitory performance. The study contradicts the idea that inhibition can only be exerted globally or on the level of a fully specified response. Instead, it may also be directed at effector system representations or all associated responses, suggesting a highly flexible targeting of inhibitory control in cognition.

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Preparing for simultaneous action and inaction: Temporal dynamics and target levels of inhibitory control.

Kürten¹,

Raettig²,

Gutzeit³

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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Interference between cognition and motor control in human multitasking: An editorial

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Variable, sometimes absent, but never negative: Applying multilevel models of variability to the backward crosstalk effect to find theoretical constraints

Naefgen,

Gaschler

2024

Acta Psychologica

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Task-separation in dual-tasking: How action effects support the separation of the task streams

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Preparing for simultaneous action and inaction: Temporal dynamics and target levels of inhibitory control.

Preparing for simultaneous action and inaction: Temporal dynamics and target levels of inhibitory control.

Interference between cognition and motor control in human multitasking: An editorial

Variable, sometimes absent, but never negative: Applying multilevel models of variability to the backward crosstalk effect to find theoretical constraints

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