The role of response modalities in task switching

Research report (imported) 2004 - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Authors
Philipp, Andrea M.; Koch, Iring
Departments
Kognition und Handlung (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Prinz)
MPI für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, AB Psychologie, München
Summary
Cognitive psychology usually examines performance of subjects in different experimental tasks. However, there is no consensus as regards how a “task” can be defined. In many experiments the requirement to categorize a stimulus is equated with the term task. A study of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences demonstrates that the modality of a response (e.g. verbal or manual responses) is equally important for the definition of a task. The results provide evidence that the same cognitive processes underlie switching between response modalities and switching between stimulus categories.

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