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Arnaud Szmalec1, André Vandierendonck, Eva Kemps

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Response selection engages executive control, not just working memory

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Executive control is crucial for complex cognitive tasks.
  • Working memory is a key component of executive functions.
  • The role of executive control in response selection remains debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if response selection involves executive control.
  • To differentiate the involvement of executive control from working memory's slave systems in response selection.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the selective interference paradigm within Baddeley's working memory model.
  • Compared dual-task interference patterns of simple and choice RT tasks with established working memory tasks.
  • Conducted three experiments examining verbal serial recall, visuospatial serial recall, and executive control measures (letter/category fluency).

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Main Results:

  • Response selection tasks consistently interfered with executive control measures.
  • The interference pattern did not align with impairments typically seen in working memory's slave systems (phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad).
  • Evidence suggests interference originates at the executive control level.

Conclusions:

  • Response selection significantly interferes with executive control.
  • This interference supports the notion that executive control is actively involved in the process of selecting responses.
  • Findings indicate that response selection's impact is at the executive level, not solely within working memory's storage components.