Keyword

task switching

Description: The cognitive process of shifting attention and control between tasks, studied in psychology and neuroscience as an aspect of executive functioning.

Primary topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (39%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q7687352

OpenAlex ID: keywords/task-switching

Dissociating the Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Cognitive Control

2000 · Angus W. MacDonald, Jonathan D. Cohen, et al. · Science · 3,663

Costs of a predictible switch between simple cognitive tasks.

1995 · Robert D. Rogers, Stephen Monsell · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 3,165

Task switching

2003 · Stephen Monsell · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2,971

Exploring the Central Executive

1996 · Alan Baddeley · The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A · 2,382

The Relations Among Inhibition and Interference Control Functions: A Latent-Variable Analysis.

2004 · Naomi P. Friedman, Akira Miyake · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2,309

Development of cognitive control and executive functions from 4 to 13 years: Evidence from manipulations of memory, inhibition, and task switching

2006 · Matthew C. Davidson, Dima Amso, et al. · Neuropsychologia · 2,222

Measuring and defining the experience of immersion in games

2008 · Charlene Jennett, Anna L. Cox, et al. · International Journal of Human-Computer Studies · 2,011

Executive functions and self-regulation

2012 · Wilhelm Hofmann, Brandon J. Schmeichel, et al. · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 1,961

The multiple-demand (MD) system of the primate brain: mental programs for intelligent behaviour

2010 · John Duncan · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 1,837

Cognitive control in media multitaskers

2009 · Eyal Ophir, Clifford Nass, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,804

The Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS): a method of assessing executive function in children

2006 · Philip David Zelazo · Nature Protocols · 1,575

Individual differences in executive functions are almost entirely genetic in origin.

2008 · Naomi P. Friedman, Akira Miyake, et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1,540

Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development

2008 · Christopher Hertzog, Arthur F. Kramer, et al. · Gothic.net · 1,484

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Control and interference in task switching—A review.

2010 · Andrea Kiesel, Marco Steinhauser, et al. · Psychological Bulletin · 1,477

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Left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the cognitive control of memory

2007 · David Badre, Anthony D. Wagner · Neuropsychologia · 1,469

Control of Cognitive Processes: Attention and Performance XVIII

2000 · Stephen Monsell, Jon Driver · UCL Discovery (University College London) · 1,441

Attention and Performance

2001 · Harold Pashler, James C. Johnston, et al. · Annual Review of Psychology · 1,435

A controlled-attention view of working-memory capacity.

2001 · Michael J. Kane, M. Kathryn Bleckley, et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1,413

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Construct validity of the Trail Making Test: Role of task-switching, working memory, inhibition/interference control, and visuomotor abilities

2009 · I. SÁNCHEZ-CUBILLO, J.A. PERIÁÑEZ, et al. · Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society · 1,384

Shifting Intentional Set: Exploring the Dynamic Control of Tasks

1994 · The MIT Press eBooks · 1,324

Executive control of cognitive processes in task switching.

2001 · Joshua S. Rubinstein, David E. Meyer, et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 1,207

Bilingualism aids conflict resolution: Evidence from the ANT task

2007 · Albert Costa, Mireia Hernández, et al. · Cognition · 1,049

Demystifying cognitive flexibility: Implications for clinical and developmental neuroscience

2015 · Dina R. Dajani, Lucina Q. Uddin · Trends in Neurosciences · 1,036

The effects of video game playing on attention, memory, and executive control

2008 · Walter R. Boot, Arthur F. Kramer, et al. · Acta Psychologica · 990

Why self-control seems (but may not be) limited

2014 · Michael Inzlicht, Brandon J. Schmeichel, et al. · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 925

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Citation count: 227,400