Dynamics of task preparation processes revealed by effect course analysis on response times and error rates.

ABSTRACT: Cuing or executing a task impacts processing pathways for task-relevant information. While there is ample evidence that processing associated with task execution changes with practice, such evidence regarding cue-induced task preparation is scarce. Here we explored practice-related changes of processing pathways by task cuing in order to assess the plasticity of task preparation. We first developed and validated a new method for the study of practice-related changes, the effect course analysis. The effect course analysis is a model-free, non-parametric method designed to reveal effect changes within an experimental session on a continuous time scale. Then we applied this method to a new study in which cued task sets were supposed to remain activated during assessment of task-relevant pathw

SUBMITTER: Berger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879509 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature