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  2. Task switching (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Task switching, or set-shifting, is an executive function that involves the ability to unconsciously shift attention between one task and another. In contrast, cognitive shifting is a very similar executive function, but it involves conscious (not unconscious) change in attention.

  3. Cognitive shifting - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive shifting is the mental process of consciously redirecting one's attention from one fixation to another. In contrast, if this process happened unconsciously , then it is referred to as task switching .

  4. Attentional shift - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Task switching costs occur when performance on a task suffers due to the increased effort added in shifting attention. [1] There are competing theories that attempt to explain why and how attention is shifted as well as how attention is moved through space in attentional control.

  5. Cognitive flexibility - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive flexibility [note 1] is an intrinsic property of a cognitive system often associated with the mental ability to adjust its activity and content, switch between different task rules and corresponding behavioral responses, maintain multiple concepts simultaneously and shift internal attention between them. [1]

  6. Human multitasking - Wikipedia

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    Task switching involves shifting one’s attention from one thing to another. Dual tasking, on the other hand, is when attention is divided among multiple things at once. Studies have been done to specifically examine the brain when one is engaged in either type of multitasking.

  7. Posner cueing task - Wikipedia

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    The Posner cueing task, also known as the Posner paradigm, is a neuropsychological test often used to assess attention. Formulated by Michael Posner, [1] it assesses a person's ability to perform an attentional shift. It has been used and modified to assess disorders, focal brain injury, and the effects of both on spatial attention.

  8. Executive functions - Wikipedia

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    First, updating is defined as the continuous monitoring and quick addition or deletion of contents within one's working memory. Second, inhibition is one's capacity to supersede responses that are prepotent in a given situation. Third, shifting is one's cognitive flexibility to switch between different tasks or mental states.

  9. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test - Wikipedia

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    The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a neuropsychological test of set-shifting, which is the capability to show flexibility when exposed to changes in reinforcement. [1] [2] The WCST was written by David A. Grant and Esta A. Berg.