Network Neuroscience of Human Multitasking: Local Connections Matter.

ABSTRACT: The neural basis of multitasking costs is subject to continuing debate. Cognitive theories assume that the overlap of task representations may lead to between-task crosstalk in concurrent task processing and thus requires cognitive control. Recent research suggests that modality-based crosstalk contributes to multitasking costs, involving central overlap of modality-specific representations. Consistently increased costs for specific modality pairings (visual-vocal and auditory-manual vs. visual-manual and auditory-vocal) were demonstrated (modality-compatibility effect), which were recently linked to representational overlap in the auditory cortex. However, it remains unclear whether modality-based crosstalk emerges from overlapping patterns of global brain connectivity and whether resolvi

SUBMITTER: Mueckstein M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12703553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature