A Chain-Retrieval Model for Voluntary Task Switching

Autor/inn/en	Vandierendonck, Andre; Demanet, Jelle; Liefooghe, Baptist; Verbruggen, Frederick
Titel	A Chain-Retrieval Model for Voluntary Task Switching
Quelle	In: Cognitive Psychology, 65 (2012) 2, S.241-283 (43 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0285
DOI	10.1016/j.cogpsych.2012.04.003
Schlagwörter	Long Term Memory; Cognitive Processes; Task Analysis; Tests; Models; Experiments; Cognitive Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Langzeitgedächtnis; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Aufgabenanalyse; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Analogiemodell; Erprobung; Kognitive Psychologie
Abstract	To account for the findings obtained in voluntary task switching, this article describes and tests the chain-retrieval model. This model postulates that voluntary task selection involves retrieval of task information from long-term memory, which is then used to guide task selection and task execution. The model assumes that the retrieved information consists of acquired sequences (or chains) of tasks, that selection may be biased towards chains containing more task repetitions and that bottom-up triggered repetitions may overrule the intended task. To test this model, four experiments are reported. In Studies 1 and 2, sequences of task choices and the corresponding transition sequences (task repetitions or switches) were analyzed with the help of dependency statistics. The free parameters of the chain-retrieval model were estimated on the observed task sequences and these estimates were used to predict autocorrelations of tasks and transitions. In Studies 3 and 4, sequences of hand choices and their transitions were analyzed similarly. In all studies, the chain-retrieval model yielded better fits and predictions than statistical models of event choice. In applications to voluntary task switching (Studies 1 and 2), all three parameters of the model were needed to account for the data. When no task switching was required (Studies 3 and 4), the chain-retrieval model could account for the data with one or two parameters clamped to a neutral value. Implications for our understanding of voluntary task selection and broader theoretical implications are discussed. (Contains 12 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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