Table 1.
Experimental Effects of the Asymmetric Switching Task
| Blocks 1–2 | Blocks 3–4 | Blocks 5–6 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Switch Cost | Mean | SD | Switch Cost | Mean | SD | Switch Cost | |
| Reaction Time (ms) | |||||||||
| Location – switch | 526 | 147 | 56 | 479 | 115 | 36 | 478 | 141 | 56 |
| Location – repeat | 470 | 111 | 443 | 94 | 422 | 100 | |||
| Direction – switch | 579 | 119 | 20 | 553 | 111 | 18 | 558 | 128 | 25 |
| Direction – repeat | 559 | 107 | 535 | 99 | 533 | 98 | |||
| Error Rate (% Incorrect) | |||||||||
| Location – switch | 14.8 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 5.7 |
| Location – repeat | 6.9 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.8 | |||
| Direction – switch | 12.3 | 10.4 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 0 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 1.9 |
| Direction – repeat | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.7 | |||
Note: Reaction times, error rates, and switch costs for trials by task (location or direction), switch (switch or repeat), and before and after the cue-to-task mapping reversal.