Double task switching: An investigation into the effects of similarity and task-rule congruency on cognitive flexibility.

ABSTRACT: Similarity between tasks is an understudied factor in research on cognitive flexibility. This behavioural experiment had 31 participants perform a task switch paradigm in which participants were required to switch between 4 tasks of varying similarity. The experiment was constructed in a way that simultaneously allows for investigating the impact of mental fatigue and task-rule congruency on the participants. The results indicate that similarity between tasks substantially impacts performance with different effects on RT and accuracy. While learning effects may have negated the impact of mental fatigue across the 5 experimental blocks, a significant decrease in performance was observed within blocks. Furthermore, the exploratory analysis proposes a novel interaction between task-rule incon

SUBMITTER: Hinss MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449286 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature