What is it about?
When performing a planned or intentional action a temporary representation of the task goals and the way to achieve is temporarily maintained in memory. When the action is no longer relevant, according to some accounts this representation is inhibited, however over time this inhibition would become smaller. The paper argues that the evidence given to support this view can also account for other views.
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Why is it important?
It is important to know which observations can be used as empirical support for a particular viewpoint.
Perspectives
This paper comments on the usefulness of a particular theory about cognitive processes involved in task switching. The underlying assumptions of the theory are rather vague and I hope that these comments may help to achieve a stricter formulation of the concepts and assumptions.
Professor Andre Vandierendonck
Ghent University
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This page is a summary of: On the Role of Dissipating Inhibition in Task Switching, Zeitschrift für Psychologie, January 2013, Hogrefe Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000131.
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