Task Switching
Alternate between tasks; switch cost measures mental set reconfiguration.
- Executive Function
Specification
Task Switching has a paradigm specification
Defining contrast: switch-cost-rt (condition-difference)
Human-review state: sourced — unreviewed Executable test: verify:task
Indexed implementations 9
Metadata only — each row links to the authors' own page. A date in the last column is the last time an automated check confirmed the link loads; it is not a review of the task.
| Implementation | Source | Languages | Link checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number Letter · Experiment Factory | Experiment Factory | English | 2026-05-28 |
| Plus Minus · Experiment Factory | Experiment Factory | English | 2026-05-28 |
| Threebytwo · Experiment Factory | Experiment Factory | English | 2026-05-28 |
| Cued Task Switching · Labvanced Samples | Labvanced samples | English | 2026-05-13 |
| attention_switching_demo · Pavlovia | Pavlovia | English | 2026-05-07 |
| Task switching · PsyToolkit | PsyToolkit | English | 2026-05-07 |
| Task switching · PsyToolkit | PsyToolkit | English | 2026-05-07 |
| TMB Letter / Number Switching · TestMyBrain | TestMyBrain | English, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese | 2026-05-12 · not launch-checked |
| Task Switching Task · TaskBeacon psyflow-web | psyflow-web | English | 2026-05-28 |
Key references
- Rogers, R. D., & Monsell, S. (1995). Costs of a predictible switch between simple cognitive tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 124(2), 207-231. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.124.2.207