TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased control demand results in serial processing
T2 - Evidence from dual-task performance
AU - Luria, Roy
AU - Meiran, Nachshon
PY - 2005/10/1
Y1 - 2005/10/1
N2 - Increased demands on cognitive control trigger changes in processing mode. One such modulation involves a shift from parallel to serial processing. This study assessed the role of control demand in determining whether dual-task processing is performed serially or in parallel. We used two critical indices, based on the response-selection bottleneck model, to show that response selection was serial when a task switch was involved, but partly parallel when the simultaneous performance of the tasks did not involve task switching.
AB - Increased demands on cognitive control trigger changes in processing mode. One such modulation involves a shift from parallel to serial processing. This study assessed the role of control demand in determining whether dual-task processing is performed serially or in parallel. We used two critical indices, based on the response-selection bottleneck model, to show that response selection was serial when a task switch was involved, but partly parallel when the simultaneous performance of the tasks did not involve task switching.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=27744605880&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01622.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01622.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27744605880
SN - 0956-7976
VL - 16
SP - 833
EP - 840
JO - Psychological Science
JF - Psychological Science
IS - 10
ER -