ArticleCognitive research: principles and implications2021
The impact of predictability on dual-task performance and implications for resource-sharing accounts.
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- A Systematic Review Exploring the Theories Underlying the Improvement of Balance and Reduction in Falls Following Dual-Task Training among Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- The neurophysiology of continuous action monitoring.iScience · 2023Article
- Dual-task interference as a function of varying motor and cognitive demands.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Ways to Improve Multitasking: Effects of Predictability after Single- and Dual-Task Training.Journal of cognition · 2021Article
- Additive Effects of Prior Knowledge and Predictive Visual Information in Improving Continuous Tracking Performance.Journal of cognition · 2020Article
- How visual information influences dual-task driving and tracking.Experimental brain research · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of predictability on dual-task performance by systematically manipulating predictability in either one of two tasks, as well as between tasks. According to capacity-sharing accounts of multitasking, assuming a general pool of resources two tasks can draw upon, predictability should reduce the need for resources and allow more resources to be used by the other task. However, it is currently not well understood what drives resource-allocation policy in dual tasks and which resource allocation policies participants pursue. We used a continuous tracking task together with an audiomotor task and manipulated advance visual information about the tracking path in the first experiment and a sound sequence in the second experiments (2a/b). Results show that performance predominantly improved in the predictable task but not in the unpredictable task, suggesting that participants did not invest more resources into the unpredictable task. One possible explanation was that the re-investment of resources into another task requires some relationship between the tasks. Therefore, in the third experiment, we covaried the two tasks by having sounds 250 ms before turning points in the tracking curve. This enabled participants to improve performance in both tasks, suggesting that resources were shared better between tasks.
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