Rapid instructed task learning (but not automatic effects of instructions) is influenced by working memory load.

ABSTRACT: The ability to efficiently perform actions immediately following instructions and without prior practice has previously been termed Rapid Instructed Task Learning (RITL). In addition, it was found that instructions are so powerful that they can produce automatic effects, reflected in activation of the instructions in an inappropriate task context. RITL is hypothesized to rely on limited working memory (WM) resources for holding not-yet implemented task rules. Similarly, automatic effects of instructions presumably reflect the operation of task rules kept in WM. Therefore, both were predicted to be influenced by WM load. However, while the involvement of WM in RITL is implicated from prior studies, evidence regarding WM involvement in instructions-based automaticity is mixed. In the current

SUBMITTER: Pereg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6553735 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature