Task uncertainty can account for mixing and switch costs in task-switching.

Cognitive control is required in situations that involve uncertainty or change, such as when resolving conflict, selecting responses and switching tasks. Recently, it has been suggested that cognitive control can be conceptualised as a mechanism which prioritises goal-relevant information to deal wi...

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Main Authors: Patrick S Cooper, Paul M Garrett, Jaime L Rennie, Frini Karayanidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4480360?pdf=render