Asymmetric interference between concurrent tasks: An evaluation of competing explanatory models

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-469

  Caroselli, Jerome Silvio ^a   Hiscock, Merrill ^a   Roebuck, Tresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task interference; Hemispheric specialization; Laterality; Manual asymmetry; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030903549     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(96)00077-2     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Bowers, D., Heilman, K. M., Satz, P. and Altman, A. Simultaneous performance on verbal, nonverbal and motor tasks by right-handed adults. Cortex 14, 540-556, 1978.
2. Carter, R. L., Hohenegger, M. and Satz, P. Handedness and aphasia: An inferential method for determining the mode of cerebral speech specialization. Neuropsychologia 18, 569-574, 1980.
3. Crossley, M. and Hiscock, M. Concurrent-task interference indicates asymmetric resource allocation in children's reading. Developmental Neuropsychology 3, 207-225, 1987.
4. Dalby, J. T. Hemispheric timesharing: Verbal and spatial loading with concurrent unimanual activity. Cortex 16, 567-573, 1980.
5. Gilhooly, K. J. and Hay, D. Imagery, concreteness, age-of-acquisition, familiarity, and meaningfulness values for 205 five-letter words having single-solution anagrams. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 9, 12-17, 1977.
6. Gronwall, D. M. Paced auditory serial-addition task: A measure of recovery from concussion. Perceptual and Motor Skills 44, 367-373, 1977.
7. Gronwall, D. and Wrightson, P. Memory and information processing capacity after closed head injury. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 44, 889-895, 1981.
8. Hellige, J. B. and Kee, D. W. Asymmetric manual interference as an indicator of lateralized brain function. In Cerebral Control of Speech and Limb Movements, G. E. Hammond (Editor), pp. 635-660. North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1990.
9. Hellige, J. B. and Longstreth, L. E. Effects of concurrent hemisphere-specific activity on unimanual tapping rate. Neuropsychologia 19, 395-405, 1981.
10. Hick, W. E. On the rate of gain of information. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 4, 11-26, 1952.
11. Hicks, R. E., Provenzano, F. J. and Rybstein, E. D. Generalized and lateralized effects of concurrent verbal rehearsal upon performance of sequential movements of the fingers by the left and right hands. Acta Psychologica 39, 119-130, 1975.
12. Hillis, S. K., Hiscock, M. and Rexer, J. L. Dual-task interference patterns reveal differential processing of upright and inverted faces. Brain and Cognition 28, 155-172, 1995.
13. Hiscock, M. Verbal-manual time sharing in children as a function of task priority. Brain and Cognition 1, 119-131, 1982.
14. Hiscock, M., Cheesman, J., Inch, R., Chipuer, H. M. and Graff, L. A. Rate and variability of finger tapping as measures of lateralized concurrent task effects. Brain and Cognition 10, 87-104, 1989.
15. Hiscock, M. and Chipuer, H. Concurrent performance of rhythmically compatible or incompatible vocal and manual tasks: Evidence for two sources of interference in verbal-manual time-sharing. Neuropsychologia 24, 691-698, 1986.
16. Hiscock, M. and Kinsbourne, M. Ontogeny of cerebral dominance: Evidence from time-sharing asymmetry in children. Developmental Psychology 14, 321-329, 1978.
17. Hiscock, M. and Kinsbourne, M. Asymmetry of verbal-manual time sharing in children: A follow-up study. Neuropsychologia 18, 151-162, 1980.
18. Hiscock, M., Kinsbourne, M. and Green, A. Is time sharing asymmetry a valid indicator of speech lateralization? Evidence for left handers. In Cerebral Control of Speech and Limb Movements, G.E. Hammond (Editor), pp. 611-633. North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1990.
19. Ikeda, K. Lateralized interference effects of concurrent verbal tasks on sequential finger tapping. Neuropsychologia 25, 453-456, 1987.
20. Kee, D. W. and Cherry, B. Lateralized interference in finger tapping: Initial value differences do not affect the outcome. Neuropsychologia 28, 313-316, 1990.
21. Kinsbourne, M. Single channel theory. In Human Skills, D. H. Holding (Editor), pp. 65-89. Wiley, Chichester, 1981.
22. Kinsbourne, M. and Hiscock, M. Asymmetries of dual-task performance. In Cerebral Hemisphere Asymmetry: Method, Theory and Application, J. B. Hellige (Editor), pp. 255-334. Praeger, New York, 1983.
23. McCarthy, R. A. and Warrington, E. K. Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Clinical Introduction. Academic Press, San Diego, 1990.
24. McFarland, K. and Ashton, R. A developmental study of the influence of cognitive activity on an ongoing manual task. Acta Psvchologica 39, 447-456, 1975.
25. McFarland, K. and Ashton, R. The lateralized effects of concurrent cognitive activity on a unimanual skill. Cortex 11, 283-290, 1975.
26. McFarland, K. and Ashton, R. The influence of concurrent task difficulty on manual performance. Neuropsychologia 16, 735-741, 1978.
27. McFarland, K. and Ashton, R. The lateralized effects of concurrent cognitive and motor performance. Perception and Psychophysics 23, 344-349, 1978.
28. McFarland, K., Ashton, R., Rich, A. and Donald, A. M. Lateralized dual-task performance: The effect of muscular-repositioning. Cortex 25, 433-441, 1989.
29. Murphy, K. and Peters, M. Right-handers and left-handers show differences and important similarities in task integration when performing manual and vocal tasks concurrently. Neuropsychologia 32, 663-674, 1994.
30. Navon, D. and Gopher, D. On the economy of the human-processing system. Psychological Review 86, 214-255, 1979.
31. Norman, D. A. and Bobrow, D. G. On data-limited and resource-limited processes. Cognitive Psychology 7, 44-64, 1975.
32. Oldfield, R. C. The assessment and analysis of handedness: The Edinburgh Inventory. Neuropsychologia 9, 97-113, 1971.
33. Orsini, D. L., Satz, P., Soper, H. V. and Light, R. K. The role of familial sinistrality in cerebral organization. Neuropsychologia 23, 223-232, 1985.
34. Peters, M. and Servos, P. Performance of subgroups of left- handers and right-handers. Canadian Journal of Psychology 43, 341-358, 1989.
35. Piazza, D. M. Cerebral lateralization in young children as measured by dichotic listening and finger tapping tasks. Neuropsychologia 15, 417-425, 1977.
36. Satz, P. A test of some models of hemispheric speech organization in left- and right-handers. Science 203, 1131-1133, 1979.
37. Seamon, J. G. and Gazzaniga, M. S. Coding strategies and cerebral laterality effects. Cognitive Psychology 5, 249-256, 1973.
38. Simon, T. J. and Sussman, H. M. The dual task paradigm: Speech dominance or manual dominance? Neuropsychologia 25, 559-569, 1987.
39. Summers, J. J. and Sharp, C. A. Bilateral effects of concurrent verbal and spatial rehearsal on complex motor sequencing. Neuropsychologia 17, 331-343, 1979.
40. Sussman, H. M. Contrastive patterns of intrahemispheric interference to verbal and spatial concurrent tasks in right-handed, left-handed and stuttering populations. Neuropsychologia 20, 675-684, 1982.
41. van Strien, J. W. and Bouma, A. Cerebral organization of verbal and motor functions in left-handed and right-handed adults: Effects of concurrent verbal tasks on unimanual tapping performance. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 10, 139-156, 1988.
42. Warrington, E. K. and Pratt, R. T. C. Language laterality in left-handers assessed by unilateral E.C.T. Neuropsychologia 11, 423-428, 1973.
43. Webster, W. G. The use of scattergrams for the representation and analysis of lateralized interference effects in neuropsychology. Canadian Journal of Psychology 42, 437-449, 1988.
44. Willis, W. G. and Goodwin, L. D. An alternative to interference indexes in neuropsychological time-sharing research. Neuropsychologia 25, 719-724, 1987.
45. Winer, B. J. Statistical Principles in Experimental Design, 2nd edn. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971.