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Mike Hübner1, Rainer H Kluwe, Aquiles Luna-Rodriguez

  • 1Institut für Kognitionsforschung, Universität der Bundeswehr, Holstenhofweg 85, D-22043 Hamburg, Germany. mhuebner@unibw-hamburg.de

Acta Psychologica
|February 14, 2004
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Invalid preparation for a task does not increase task competition from stimuli. However, it does impair performance on that task later, suggesting task-specific inhibition counters competition.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Task competition arises when stimuli afford multiple tasks.
  • Invalid preparation involves preparing for an irrelevant task.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate how invalid preparation affects stimulus-cued task competition.
  • Examine the impact of invalid preparation on subsequent task performance.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed tasks with potential competition.
  • Invalid preparation trials were compared to valid preparation trials.
  • Performance costs and task competition effects were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Invalid preparation incurred a general performance cost.
  • Stimulus-cued task competition was not enhanced by invalid preparation.

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  • Subsequent performance on the invalidly prepared task was impaired.

    • Conclusions:

    • Preparation and stimulus cuing may involve distinct representations.
    • Stimulus processing might be delayed following invalid preparation.
    • Task-specific inhibition likely counters invalid preparation-induced competition.