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  • 1University of Giessen, Germany; nemolab, University of Giessen, Germany.

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This study reveals that both cognitive effort and physical movement difficulty influence voluntary task switching. Increased motor effort and cognitive costs significantly impact task selection, highlighting the role of motor skills.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • The self-organized task switching paradigm examines voluntary task selection, where task switches are often favored over repetitions.
  • Existing research balances environmental costs of waiting for repetitions against internal task-switch costs.
  • The role of movement effort in task selection remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether movement effort influences task selection in a voluntary task switching setting.
  • To examine how motor-related consequences, specifically increasing force for task repetitions, affect task-switching behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Participants voluntarily switched between number (even/odd) and letter (vowel/consonant) tasks using a robot system.

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  • A damping load was progressively added to the robot system with consecutive task repetitions, increasing movement effort.
  • Switch rate, cognitive switch costs (reaction time, error rate), and motor repetition costs (movement time, impulse) were measured.

    • Main Results:

    • Switch rate correlated negatively with cognitive switch costs (reaction time and error rate).
    • Switch rate correlated positively with motor repetition cost (movement time increment) and negatively with individual force maximum.
    • Regression analyses indicated that cognitive costs and individual force maximum significantly predicted task selection variance.

    Conclusions:

    • Both cognitive and motor consequences significantly influence task-switch behavior.
    • Task selection is modulated by motor effort, which is related to individual motor skills.
    • Movement impulse emerged as a stronger predictor of task selection than reaction time or movement time in within-subject analyses.