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  • Human Memory

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  • Task switching is known to impair cognitive performance.
  • The impact of task switching on subsequent memory is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how task switching affects memory encoding and subsequent recognition.
  • To differentiate the effects of task switching conflicts from stimulus bivalency conflicts.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed semantic classification tasks, switching between them.
  • Stimuli were either univalent (Experiment 1) or bivalent (Experiment 2).
  • Recognition memory for encoded stimuli was tested subsequently.

Main Results:

  • Task switching incurred performance costs (switch costs) during encoding.
  • Subsequent memory performance was lower for switch stimuli compared to repeat stimuli.
  • This memory impairment was greater with bivalent stimuli.

Conclusions:

  • Task switching negatively impacts the encoding of task-relevant information.
  • Impaired encoding due to task switching leads to reduced subsequent memory performance.
  • Stimulus bivalency exacerbates the detrimental effects of task switching on memory.