Task Switching Hurts Memory Encoding
| Autor: | Michèle C. Muhmenthaler, Beat Meier |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Male Task switching Computer science univalent stimuli Speech recognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Memory performance response compatibility 050105 experimental psychology memory 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Encoding (memory) Reaction Time Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attention cognitive control General Psychology Recognition memory Analysis of Variance Psychological Tests 05 social sciences memory selectivity General Medicine Semantics bivalent stimuli Female 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Photic Stimulation Psychomotor Performance Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Experimental Psychology |
| ISSN: | 2190-5142 |
| Popis: | Abstract. Research consistently shows that task switching slows down performance on switch compared to repeat trials, but the consequences on memory are less clear. In the present study, we investigated the impact of task switching on subsequent memory performance. Participants had to switch between two semantic classification tasks. In Experiment 1, the stimuli were univalent; in Experiment 2, the stimuli were bivalent (relevant for both tasks). The aim was to disentangle the conflicts triggered by task switching and bivalency. In both experiments, recognition memory for switch and repeat stimuli was tested subsequently. During encoding, task switching produced switch costs. Critically, subsequent memory was lower for switch compared to repeat stimuli in both experiments, and this effect was increased in Experiment 2 with bivalent material. We suggest that the requirement to switch tasks hurts the encoding of task-relevant information and thus impairs subsequent memory performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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