Crossmodal action selection: Evidence from dual-task compatibility |
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Authors: | Lynn Huestegge Iring Koch |
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Institution: | 1.Institute of Psychology,RWTH Aachen University,Aachen,Germany |
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Abstract: | Response-related mechanisms of multitasking were studied by analyzing simultaneous processing of responses in different modalities
(i.e., crossmodal action). Participants responded to a single auditory stimulus with a saccade, a manual response (single-task
conditions), or both (dual-task condition). We used a spatially incompatible stimulus-response mapping for one task, but not
for the other. Critically, inverting these mappings varied temporal task overlap in dual-task conditions while keeping spatial
incompatibility across responses constant. Unlike previous paradigms, temporal task overlap was manipulated without utilizing
sequential stimulus presentation, which might induce strategic serial processing. The results revealed dual-task costs, but
these were not affected by an increase of temporal task overlap. This finding is evidence for parallel response selection
in multitasking. We propose that crossmodal action is processed by a central mapping-selection mechanism in working memory
and that the dual-task costs are mainly caused by mapping-related crosstalk. |
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