@article{ref1,
title="On the origins of the task mixing cost in the cuing task-switching paradigm",
journal="Journal of experimental psychology: learning, memory, and cognition",
year="2005",
author="Rubin, Orit and Meiran, Nachshon",
volume="31",
number="6",
pages="1477-1491",
abstract="Poorer performance in conditions involving task repetition within blocks of mixed tasks relative to task repetition within blocks of single task is called mixing cost (MC). In 2 experiments exploring 2 hypotheses regarding the origins of MC, participants either switched between cued shape and color tasks, or they performed them as single tasks. Experiment 1 supported the hypothesis that mixed-tasks trials require the resolution of task ambiguity by showing that MC existed only with ambiguous stimuli that afforded both tasks and not with unambiguous stimuli affording only 1 task. Experiment 2 failed to support the hypothesis that holding multiple task sets in working memory (WM) generates MC by showing that systematic manipulation of the number of stimulus-response rules in WM did not affect MC. The results emphasize the role of competition management between task sets during task control.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-7393",
doi="10.1037/0278-7393.31.6.1477",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.31.6.1477"
}