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Jurczyk, Vanessa ; Mittelstädt, Victor ; Fröber, Kerstin

Does temporal predictability of tasks influence task choice?

Jurczyk, Vanessa , Mittelstädt, Victor und Fröber, Kerstin (2020) Does temporal predictability of tasks influence task choice? Psychological Research.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 20 Feb 2020 08:36
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.41637


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Task performance improves when the required tasks are predicted by the preceding time intervals, suggesting that participants form time-based task expectancies. In the present study, we pursued the question whether temporal predictability of tasks can also influence task choice. For this purpose, we conducted three experiments using a hybrid task-switching paradigm (with two tasks) combining ...

Task performance improves when the required tasks are predicted by the preceding time intervals, suggesting that participants form time-based task expectancies. In the present study, we pursued the question whether temporal predictability of tasks can also influence task choice. For this purpose, we conducted three experiments using a hybrid task-switching paradigm (with two tasks) combining forced-choice and free-choice trials. Each trial was preceded by either a short (500 ms) or a long (1500 ms) foreperiod. In forced-choice trials, the instructed task was predicted by the length of the foreperiod (Exp. 1A and 1B: 100% foreperiod-task contingencies; Exp. 2: 80% foreperiod-task contingencies). In the remaining trials, participants were free to choose which task to perform. In all three experiments, we found that participants' task choice was influenced by the foreperiod-task contingencies implemented in forced-choice trials. Specifically, participants were overall biased to choose tasks compatible with these contingencies; these compatible choice rates were larger for the short compared to the long foreperiod. Our findings suggest that learned time-based task expectancies influence subjects' voluntary task choice and that an initially present task bias toward the "short" task is not always overcome at the long foreperiod. We discuss potential underlying mechanisms against the background of voluntary task switching and interval timing.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPsychological Research
Verlag:SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Ort der Veröffentlichung:HEIDELBERG
Datum17 Februar 2020
InstitutionenHumanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie II (Allgemeine und Angewandte Psychologie) - Prof. Dr. Gesine Dreisbach
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10.1007/s00426-020-01297-1DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsNONSPECIFIC PREPARATION; UNINTENTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; ORIENTING ATTENTION; COMPONENT PROCESSES; TIME; FOREPERIOD; RECONFIGURATION; EXPECTANCY; INTERFERENCE;
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenZum Teil
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-416377
Dokumenten-ID41637

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