Inhibiting Responses When Switching: Does it Matter?

In the present study, cued task-switching was combined with the stop-signal paradigm in order to investigate the interaction between response inhibition and task-switching. In line with earlier findings from Schuch and Koch (2003 ), the results show that switch and repetition trials following inhibi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Experimental psychology 2005, Vol.52 (2), p.125-130
Hauptverfasser: Verbruggen, Frederick, Liefooghe, Baptist, Szmalec, Arnaud, Vandierendonck, André
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In the present study, cued task-switching was combined with the stop-signal paradigm in order to investigate the interaction between response inhibition and task-switching. In line with earlier findings from Schuch and Koch (2003 ), the results show that switch and repetition trials following inhibited responses were processed equally fast. This confirms the hypothesis of Schuch and Koch (2003 ) that after signal-inhibit trials there is less interference, resulting in a disappearance of the switch cost. Furthermore, stopping performance was not affected by task-switching. The estimated stop-signal latencies were similar for switch and repetition trials, while the stop-signal delays were longer for switch compared to repetition trials. This result suggests that response inhibition and the inhibition processes in cued task-switching are not relying upon a common mechanism.
ISSN:1618-3169
2190-5142
DOI:10.1027/1618-3169.52.2.125