Li, Bingxin and Li, Xiangqian and Stoet, Gijsbert and Lages, Martin (2023) Processing Speed Predicts Mean Performance in Task-Switching but Not Task-Switching Cost. Psychological Reports, 126 (4). pp. 1822-1846. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211072228
Li, Bingxin and Li, Xiangqian and Stoet, Gijsbert and Lages, Martin (2023) Processing Speed Predicts Mean Performance in Task-Switching but Not Task-Switching Cost. Psychological Reports, 126 (4). pp. 1822-1846. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211072228
Li, Bingxin and Li, Xiangqian and Stoet, Gijsbert and Lages, Martin (2023) Processing Speed Predicts Mean Performance in Task-Switching but Not Task-Switching Cost. Psychological Reports, 126 (4). pp. 1822-1846. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211072228
Abstract
In several studies, it has been suggested that task-switching performance is linked to processing speed. Here we argue that the relation between processing speed and high-level cognitive ability found in previous studies may be due to confounded measurements of processing speed and task-switching ability. In the present study, we required participants to complete an inspection time (IT) task to probe their processing speed. We employed conventional task-switching paradigms but applied a linear integrated speed-accuracy score (LISAS) which combines latency and accuracy scores to express task-switching ability. The results of regression analyses show that IT predicted average performance in task-switching paradigms. However, IT did not relate to any specific effects common in the task-switching task, which contradicts previous results. Our results suggest independent mechanisms of processing speed and tasks that require a high level of cognitive flexibility and control.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | processing speed, inspection time, task-switching ability, task-switching performance, cognitive control |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2022 18:09 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 21:22 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/33364 |
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