The task-switching paradigm is being increasingly used as a tool for studying cognitive
control and task coordination. Different procedural variations have been developed. They …

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Synthesizing a wealth of recent neuropsychological research, this groundbreaking book
focuses on the multiple pathways by which attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) …

We investigated the effect of short interruptions on performance of a task that required
participants to maintain their place in a sequence of steps each with their own performance …

Multitasking is all around us: the office worker interrupted by a phone call, the teenager
texting while driving, the salesperson chatting while entering an order. When multitasking …

Young children engage cognitive control reactively in response to events, rather than
proactively preparing for events. Such limitations in executive control have been explained …

A model of cognitive control in task switching is developed in which controlled performance
depends on the system maintaining access to a code in episodic memory representing the …

We used language-defined response sets (digit names from 1 to 9 in different languages) to
explore inhibitory processes in language switching. Subjects were required to switch …

The consequences of interrupting someone in the middle of a complex task are of
considerable practical and theoretical interest. We examine one behavioral measure of the …

Interruption of a complex cognitive task can entail, for the “interruptee,” a sense of having to
recover afterward. We examined this recovery process by measuring the timecourse of …