title: Components of task switching: a closer look at task switching and cue switching.
abstract: Research using the diffusion model to decompose task-switching effects has contributed to a better understanding of the processes underlying the observed effect in the explicit task cueing paradigm: Previous findings could be reconciled with multiple component models of task switching or with an account on compound-cue retrieval/repetition priming. In the present study, we used two cues for each task in order to decompose task-switch and cue-switch effects. Response time data support previous findings that comparable parts of the switching effect can be attributed to cue-switching and task-switching. A diffusion model analysis of the data confirmed that non-decision time is increased and drift rates are decreased in unpredicted task-switches. Importantly, it was shown that non-decision time was selectively increased in task-switching trials but not in cue-switching trials. Results of the present study specifically support the notion of additional processes in task-switches and can be reconciled with broader multiple component accounts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. Electronic address: florian.schmitz@uni-ulm.de.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D060865:Repetition Priming / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cue switching; Diffusion model; Inertia; Reconfiguration; Repetition priming; Task switching