Deep thinking increases task-set shielding and reduces shifting flexibility in dual-task performance

Cognition
Rico Fischer, Bernhard Hommel

Abstract

Performing two tasks concurrently is difficult, which has been taken to imply the existence of a structural processing bottleneck. Here we sought to assess whether and to what degree one's multitasking abilities depend on the cognitive-control style one engages in. Participants were primed with creativity tasks that either called for divergent thinking-which were suspected to induce a holistic, flexible task processing mode, or convergent thinking-which were assumed to induce a systematic, focused processing mode. Participants showed reduced cross-talk between tasks and increased task-component switching costs (dual-task costs) for the convergent-thinking group compared to both, a divergent-thinking group and a neutral control group. The results suggest that the cognitive-control style people engage in prior to the task predicts their multitasking performance.

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Jun 19, 2013·Behavioural Brain Research·Christian BesteOliver T Wolf
Feb 27, 2013·Cognition & Emotion·Katharina ZwostaRico Fischer
Jul 19, 2013·Attention, Perception & Psychophysics·Suk Won Han, René Marois
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Oct 7, 2015·Frontiers in Psychology·Rico Fischer, Franziska Plessow
Oct 7, 2015·Frontiers in Psychology·Bernhard Hommel, Lorenza S Colzato
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