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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Sci. 2013 Dec 14;17(2):203–211. doi: 10.1111/desc.12113

Figure 2.

Figure 2

(a) Benefits associated with proactive control (Experiment 1): Flexible task-switchers were faster than perseverators on a working memory task, particularly as working memory demands increased with delay. (b) Costs associated with proactive control (Experiment 2): Flexible task-switchers were slower than perseverators on a working memory task, when a distractor task made it challenging to actively maintain information during the delay.