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Task Switching

Basic Characteristics

  • Description

Task switching is a construct which refers to the executive functioning of perception and action. Central to task switching is the idea that stimuli or responses become relevant due to changing task demands. Task switching examines a person's ability to reconfigure perceptual and response sets to match changing environmental demands. In such tasks a person has to respond to an attribute of a stimulus by making a speeded response. For example, a person might be shown "6B" and be asked if the given number is even or odd. Next they might be shown "3C" and asked if the given letter is a vowel or a consonant. Successful performance regarding task switching requires flexible, context-dependent goal setting and execution. Task switching is considered useful as measure of fundamental types of cognitive control.

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Wagner et al, 2006. Individual differences in multiple types of shifting attention PMID 17489298