The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations

As Turing (1936, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society) noted, a fundamental process in human cognition is to effect chained sequential operations in which the second operation requires an input from the preceding one. Although a great deal is known about the costs associated with 'ind...

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Authors: Fan, Zhao, Singh, Krish, Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh, Sigman, Mariano, Dehaene, Stanislas, Shapiro, Kimron
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spelling The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operationsFan, ZhaoSingh, KrishMuthukumaraswamy, SureshSigman, MarianoDehaene, StanislasShapiro, KimronTuring MachineAs Turing (1936, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society) noted, a fundamental process in human cognition is to effect chained sequential operations in which the second operation requires an input from the preceding one. Although a great deal is known about the costs associated with 'independent' (unrelated) operations, e. g., from the classic psychological refractory period paradigm, far less is known about those operations to which Turing referred. We present the results of two behavioural experiments, where participants were required to perform two speeded sequential tasks that were either chained or independent. Both experiments reveal the reaction time cost of chaining, over and above classical dual-task serial costs. Moreover, the chaining operation significantly altered the distribution of reaction times relative to the Independent condition in terms of an increased mean and variance. These results are discussed in terms of the cognitive architecture underlying the serial chaining of cognitive operations. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.Fil: Fan, Zhao. Huazhong Normal University; ChinaFil: Singh, Krish. Cardiff University; Reino UnidoFil: Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh. Cardiff University; Reino UnidoFil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Dehaene, Stanislas. College de France; FranciaFil: Shapiro, Kimron. Bangor University; Reino UnidoSpringer2012-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/78217Fan, Zhao; Singh, Krish; Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh; Sigman, Mariano; Dehaene, Stanislas; et al.; The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations; Springer; Psychological Research; 76; 5; 9-2012; 566-5781430-2772CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s00426-011-0375-yinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2024-05-08T13:33:06Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/78217instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982024-05-08 13:33:06.641CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
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title The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations
spellingShingle The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations
Fan, Zhao
Turing Machine
title_short The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations
title_full The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations
title_fullStr The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations
title_full_unstemmed The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations
title_sort The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fan, Zhao
Singh, Krish
Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh
Sigman, Mariano
Dehaene, Stanislas
Shapiro, Kimron
author Fan, Zhao
author_facet Fan, Zhao
Singh, Krish
Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh
Sigman, Mariano
Dehaene, Stanislas
Shapiro, Kimron
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Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh
Sigman, Mariano
Dehaene, Stanislas
Shapiro, Kimron
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Turing Machine
topic Turing Machine
description As Turing (1936, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society) noted, a fundamental process in human cognition is to effect chained sequential operations in which the second operation requires an input from the preceding one. Although a great deal is known about the costs associated with 'independent' (unrelated) operations, e. g., from the classic psychological refractory period paradigm, far less is known about those operations to which Turing referred. We present the results of two behavioural experiments, where participants were required to perform two speeded sequential tasks that were either chained or independent. Both experiments reveal the reaction time cost of chaining, over and above classical dual-task serial costs. Moreover, the chaining operation significantly altered the distribution of reaction times relative to the Independent condition in terms of an increased mean and variance. These results are discussed in terms of the cognitive architecture underlying the serial chaining of cognitive operations. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
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Fan, Zhao; Singh, Krish; Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh; Sigman, Mariano; Dehaene, Stanislas; et al.; The cost of serially chaining two cognitive operations; Springer; Psychological Research; 76; 5; 9-2012; 566-578
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