From task-general towards task-specific cognitive operations in a few minutes? Working memory performance as an adaptive process.

ABSTRACT: Measurement of cognitive functions is typically based on the implicit assumption that the mental architecture underlying cognitive task performance is constant throughout the task. In contrast, skill learning theory implies that cognitively demanding task performance is an adaptive process that progresses from initial heavy engagement of effortful and task-general metacognitive and executive control processes towards more automatic and task-specific performance. However, this hypothesis is rarely applied to the short time spans of traditional cognitive tasks such as working memory (WM) tasks. We utilised longitudinal structural equation models on two well-powered data sets to test the hypothesis that the initial stages of WM task performances load heavily on a task-general g-factor and the

SUBMITTER: Jylkka J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature