Control and interference in task switching—A review.

A Kiesel, M Steinhauser, M Wendt… - Psychological …, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
The task-switching paradigm offers enormous possibilities to study cognitive control as well
as task interference. The current review provides an overview of recent research on both …

Design for a working memory

K Oberauer - Psychology of learning and motivation, 2009 - Elsevier
Starting from the premise that working memory is a system for providing access to
representations for complex cognition, six requirements for a working memory system are …

Development of cognitive control and executive functions from 4 to 13 years: Evidence from manipulations of memory, inhibition, and task switching

MC Davidson, D Amso, LC Anderson, A Diamond - Neuropsychologia, 2006 - Elsevier
Predictions concerning development, interrelations, and possible independence of working
memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility were tested in 325 participants (roughly 30 per …

An integrated model of cognitive control in task switching.

EM Altmann, WD Gray - Psychological review, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
A model of cognitive control in task switching is developed in which controlled performance
depends on the system maintaining access to a code in episodic memory representing the …

Distractor repetitions retrieve previous responses to targets

C Frings, K Rothermund… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Response retrieval theories assume that stimuli and responses become integrated into
“event files”(Hommel, 1998) in memory so that a second encounter with a specific stimulus …

Analogous mechanisms of selection and updating in declarative and procedural working memory: Experiments and a computational model

K Oberauer, AS Souza, MD Druey, M Gade - Cognitive Psychology, 2013 - Elsevier
The article investigates the mechanisms of selecting and updating representations in
declarative and procedural working memory (WM). Declarative WM holds the objects of …

Switching between simple cognitive tasks: the interaction of top-down and bottom-up factors.

E Ruthruff, RW Remington… - Journal of Experimental …, 2001 - psycnet.apa.org
How do top-down factors (eg, task expectancy) and bottom-up factors (eg, task recency)
interact to produce an overall level of task readiness? This question was addressed by …

Task switching: effects of practice on switch and mixing costs

T Strobach, R Liepelt, T Schubert, A Kiesel - Psychological research, 2012 - Springer
In the task-switching paradigm, mixing costs indicate the performance costs to mix two
different tasks, while switch costs indicate the performance costs to switch between two …

The costs of changing the representation of action: response repetition and response-response compatibility in dual tasks.

S Schuch, I Koch - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human …, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
In 5 experiments, the authors investigated the costs associated with repeating the same or a
similar response in a dual-task setting. Using a psychological refractory period paradigm …

That's what task sets are for: shielding against irrelevant information

G Dreisbach, H Haider - Psychological research, 2008 - Springer
Goal-directed behavior requires the cognitive system to distinguish between relevant and
irrelevant information. The authors show that task sets help to shield the system from …