Table 1
Stimulus and response modality combinations constitute modality compatibility.
Note: Shaded cells indicate modality compatible mappings.
Figure 1
Order of Single-task blocks and Task-switching blocks in Experiment 1 depicted for participants starting with the compatible tasks (top) and for participants starting with the incompatible tasks (bottom).
Figure 2
Mean reaction times (ms) in Experiment 1 as a function of modality compatibility and task transition. Error bars indicate standard deviation.
Table 2
Mean % error and standard deviation (SD) for Experiment 1 as a function of modality compatibility and task transition.
| EXPERIMENT 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| INCOMPATIBLE | COMPATIBLE | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Switch | 9.3 (7.6) | 6.6 (4.5) |
| Repetition | 5.5 (4.1) | 4.4 (3.2) |
| Switch Costs | 3.8 | 2.2 |
Figure 3
Mean reaction times (ms) in Experiment 2 for infrequent tasks (left panel) and for frequent tasks (right panel) as a function of modality compatibility and task transition. Error bars indicate standard deviation.
Table 3
Mean % error and standard deviation (SD) for Experiment 2 as a function of frequency, modality compatibility, and task transition.
| EXPERIMENT 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFREQUENT | FREQUENT | |||
| INCOMPATIBLE | COMPATIBLE | INCOMPATIBLE | COMPATIBLE | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Switch | 8.6 (5.7) | 5.1 (4.3) | 5.4 (4.5) | 4.0 (3.5) |
| Repetition | 2.7 (4.8) | 0.6 (2.5) | 2.5 (1.1) | 3.2 (2.0) |
| Switch Costs | 5.9 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.8 |