Grange, JA (2019) Does Task Activation in Task Switching Influence Inhibition or Episodic Interference? Experimental Psychology, 65 (6). 393 -404. ISSN 2190-5142

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Abstract

N-2 repetition costs in task switching refer to slower responses to ABA sequences compared to CBA sequences, reflecting the persisting inhibition of task A across the ABA sequence. The magnitude of inhibition is thought to be sensitive to activation levels of interfering tasks. This is supported by larger n-2 repetition costs when the response-cue interval (RCI) is reduced: At short RCIs, a just-performed task is highly active when a new task is required, triggering more inhibition. However, recent work has shown that much of the n-2 repetition cost measures episodic interference, rather than inhibition. The current study addressed whether RCI manipulations influence inhibition or episodic interference. N-2 repetition costs were considerably reduced when episodic interference was controlled. Increasing the RCI led to equivalent reductions in the n-2 repetition cost for inhibition and episodic components of the cost, but for the former, the cost was entirely absent at longer RCIs.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Hogrefe Publishing at https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000423 - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.
Uncontrolled Keywords: cognitive control, episodic retrieval, inhibition, task switching
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Psychology
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Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 22 Jan 2019 12:04
Last Modified: 14 Jan 2020 01:30
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/5714

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