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Direct linkArbuthnott, Katherine D. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
Backward inhibition is proposed as a process of lateral inhibition that operates during response selection in task switching, reducing interference caused by the most recently abandoned task set. The effect has been observed across a wide range of contexts but is eliminated by using spatial location to cue tasks (K. D. Arbuthnott & T. S. Woodward,…
Descriptors: Cues, Inhibition, Cognitive Processes, Responses
