Switching between tasks of unequal familiarity: the role of stimulus-attribute and response-set selection.

It has been reported that it is harder to switch to a strong, well-practiced task from a weaker, less-practiced task than vice versa. Three experiments replicated this surprising asymmetry and investigated how it is affected by a reduction in interference between tasks. Experiment 1 progressively de...

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Main Authors: Yeung, N, Monsell, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003