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  • Cognitive Psychology
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  • Human Behavior

Background:

  • Multitasking requires precise temporal response ordering.
  • Previous research often overlooks the mechanisms of response-order scheduling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate factors influencing temporal action scheduling in multitasking.
  • To examine the roles of stimulus order, effector characteristics, and task environment in response-order control.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted three psychological refractory period (PRP) experiments.
  • Utilized combined oculomotor and manual effector systems to ensure response variability.
  • Manipulated stimulus order, response characteristics, and task predictability.

Main Results:

  • Bottom-up factors like stimulus order are not the primary drivers of temporal scheduling.
  • Effector-based characteristics, particularly oculomotor task prioritization, significantly impact response order.
  • Instructions and task predictability can attenuate these effector-based influences.

Conclusions:

  • Proposes a multi-phase framework for temporal response-order control.
  • Highlights the dynamic adaptability of cognitive control in action scheduling based on task characteristics.