Partial Repetition Costs are Reduced but not Eliminated with Practice.

ABSTRACT: Often, we depart from an intended course of events to react to sudden situational demands (an intervening event) before resuming the originally planned action. Executing an action to an intervening event can be delayed if the features of this action plan partly overlap with an action plan retained in working memory (WM) compared to when they completely overlap or do not overlap. This delay is referred to as a partial repetition cost (PRC). PRCs are typically attributed to code confusion between action plans in WM. We tested this by training the component action plans extensively to reduce their reliance on WM. If PRCs are caused by code confusion within WM, then PRCs should be reduced and possibly eliminated with extensive practice. To test this, participants performed a partial rep

SUBMITTER: Fournier LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9400617 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature