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Timothy W Boiteau1, Patrick S Malone1, Sara A Peters2

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Talking during a visuomotor task impairs performance due to high cognitive load. Speech planning and monitoring demand attentional resources, impacting task execution.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Conversation requires significant cognitive resources.
  • Understanding the attentional demands of conversation on concurrent tasks is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of conversation on visuomotor task performance.
  • To analyze the time course of attentional resource allocation during speaking and listening.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted where participants conversed (talking or listening) while performing a visuomotor tracking task.
  • Growth curve analyses were used to examine performance dynamics during conversation segments.

Main Results:

  • Talking significantly worsened visuomotor task performance compared to listening.
  • Attentional demands fluctuated dynamically during conversation, with speech planning/monitoring being resource-intensive.
  • Task difficulty amplified the negative impact of conversation on performance.

Conclusions:

  • Conversation, particularly speech production, heavily taxes attentional resources shared with visuomotor tasks.
  • These findings generalize across different conversational partners and situations.
  • This study provides novel insights into the temporal dynamics of attentional shifts during conversation.