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Examining the cognitive processes underlying resumption costs in task-interruption contexts: Decay or inhibition of suspended task goals?

To examine whether an ongoing primary task is inhibited when switching to an interruption task, we implemented the n − 2 backward inhibition paradigm into a task-interruption setting. In two experiments, subjects performed two primary tasks (block-wise manipulation) consisting of a predefined sequen...

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Published in:Memory & Cognition Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 271 - 285
Main Authors: Hirsch, Patricia, Moretti, Luca, Askin, Sibel, Koch, Iring
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2024
Subjects:
Distraction
Task performance
Goal (Psychology)
Control (Psychology)
Experimental design
Psychology of movement
Short-term memory
Research funding
Cognitive testing
Reaction time
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