Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Storage01:23

Storage

A schema is a mental framework that helps individuals organize and interpret information. Schemata, formed from previous experiences, influence how we process new information: how we encode it, the inferences we make, and how we retrieve it. For instance, a schema for what a typical classroom looks like might include desks, a teacher's desk, a whiteboard, and students in such an environment. This expectation helps us quickly understand and navigate new classrooms without needing to analyze each...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Searching beyond decrements: Attentional guidance across the adult lifespan.

Trends in cognitive sciences·2026
Same author

Higher Trophic Status Leads to More Diverse and Divergent Microeukaryote Communities Over Time in Urban Lakes From the Greater Paris (France).

Environmental microbiology reports·2026
Same author

Visual distraction and experience-based suppression in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A registered report.

Journal of psychopathology and clinical science·2026
Same author

Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus.

The Behavioral and brain sciences·2025
Same author

Statistical learning of target location guides attention proactively.

Psychonomic bulletin & review·2025
Same author

A summer in the greater Paris: trophic status of peri-urban lakes shapes prokaryotic community structure and functional potential.

Environmental microbiome·2025

Related Experiment Video

Updated: May 23, 2026

Simultaneous Eye Tracking and Single-Neuron Recordings in Human Epilepsy Patients
07:43

Simultaneous Eye Tracking and Single-Neuron Recordings in Human Epilepsy Patients

Published on: June 17, 2019

Sequential effects in visual search, action control, and task switching: Evidence for distinct episodic-retrieval

Daniel Toledano1, Tamar Alkalai1, Dominique Lamy1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. General
|May 21, 2026
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Sequential effects in complex tasks are influenced by task preparation and prior trial history. Task-dependent retrieval impacts attention, while task-independent retrieval affects action control, revealing insights into cognitive flexibility.

More Related Videos

Using Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Measure Set-Specific Capture, a Consequence of Distraction While Multitasking
05:58

Using Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Measure Set-Specific Capture, a Consequence of Distraction While Multitasking

Published on: August 29, 2018

Eye Movement Monitoring of Memory
08:06

Eye Movement Monitoring of Memory

Published on: August 15, 2010

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: May 23, 2026

Simultaneous Eye Tracking and Single-Neuron Recordings in Human Epilepsy Patients
07:43

Simultaneous Eye Tracking and Single-Neuron Recordings in Human Epilepsy Patients

Published on: June 17, 2019

Using Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Measure Set-Specific Capture, a Consequence of Distraction While Multitasking
05:58

Using Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Measure Set-Specific Capture, a Consequence of Distraction While Multitasking

Published on: August 29, 2018

Eye Movement Monitoring of Memory
08:06

Eye Movement Monitoring of Memory

Published on: August 15, 2010

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Everyday tasks require flexible goal shifting, object prioritization, and motor response selection.
  • Task-switching, visual-search, and action-control studies show sequential effects but lack integration.
  • The interaction of these sequential effects in complex tasks remains poorly understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how sequential effects from task-switching, visual-search, and action-control interact.
  • To explore the influence of task preparation on these interacting sequential effects.
  • To differentiate underlying cognitive mechanisms responsible for observed behavioral impacts.

Main Methods:

  • Four experiments involving participants performing a visual search task with precued task information.
  • Manipulation of task repetition, target location, and motor response across trials (n-1, n-2).
  • Varying levels of incentive for task preparation to assess its modulatory role.

Main Results:

  • High task preparation incentivized performance, with prior target locations (n-1, n-2) influencing behavior only when the task also repeated.
  • Location-response binding effects were robust, largely independent of task preparation or trials prior to n-1.
  • Findings suggest distinct episodic-retrieval mechanisms: one proactive and task-dependent, another later-acting and task-independent.

Conclusions:

  • Supports a dual episodic-retrieval model explaining attentional biases and action-control binding effects.
  • Provides novel evidence for task preparation and task inertia influencing cognitive flexibility.
  • Highlights the importance of integrating findings across task-switching, visual-search, and action-control literatures.