Task Switching and Cognitive Control

Grange, James; Houghton, George

Abstract

The purpose of the present chapter is to provide the reader with a broad overview of task switching in general and to provide an overview of some of the different task switching paradigms available to the researcher, together with brief discussion of key empirical phenomena that are measured in these paradigms and how each is thought to be related to key cognitive control processes. Although some of these paradigms and empirical phenomena are the subject of dedicated chapters in this book, the authors provide brief overviews here to give the reader sufficient background knowledge to tackle this book in any order. The overview is designed to be rather superficial, mainly highlighting the main trends in task switching research, making it as accessible as possible to new researchers to task switching. After reviewing the paradigms and main empirical phenomena of task switching research, the authors provide an overview of the chapters in the present volume. We have been fortunate that each chapter is written by groups of leading authorities in their respective specialties; thus, this volume provides the reader with state-of the- art knowledge of task switching research. Not only does each chapter provide comprehensive reviews, but they also are full with ideas for future directions in task switching research. Thus, these chapters will also provide the reader with many avenues with which to explore in their own research program. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Citation

Grange, J., & Houghton, G. (2014). Task Switching and Cognitive Control. In J. A. Grange, & G. Houghton (Eds.), . Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aosobl/9780199921959.003.0001

• Publication Date: Jun 19, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jun 1, 2023
• Pages: 1-26
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aosobl/9780199921959.003.0001