Inhibition of cued but not executed task sets depends on cue-task compatibility and practice.

ABSTRACT: In task switching, processing a task cue is thought to activate the corresponding task representation ("task set"), thereby allowing for advance task preparation. However, the contribution of preparatory processes to the emergence of n-2 repetition costs as index of task set inhibition processes is debated. The present study investigated whether merely preparing for a task activates a corresponding task set, which needs to be inhibited in order to switch to a different task. To this end, we presented so-called task cue-only trials in trial n-2 and assessed subsequent n-2 repetition costs. The results revealed n-2 repetition costs following a task cue-only, but only for compatible cues with a transparent cue-task relation and only at the beginning of the experiment. In contrast, n-2 repetit

SUBMITTER: Berger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450066 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature