Task manipulation effects on the relationship between working memory and go/no-go task performance.

ABSTRACT: Go/no-go tasks are widely used in psychology as measures of inhibition, mind-wandering, and impulsivity, but relatively little research has explored the impact that task manipulations have on task performance and measurement of the intended psychological constructs. Experiment 1 investigated the differences between perceptual and semantic versions of go/no-go tasks and how task performance relates to individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC), a widely-studied cognitive construct. The type of decision performed on the go/no-go stimuli influenced performance, but not the relationship with WMC. Experiment 2 examined the potential of inter-stimulus interval (ISI), which influenced go/no-go performance, along with the relationships with WMC. However, the type of decision had effec

SUBMITTER: Wiemers EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488413 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature