ISSN : 1226-9654
인지적 유연성을 나타내는 전환비용은 현재의 과제를 준비하는 과제세트 재구성과 이전 과제세트의 영향인 과제세트 관성에 의해 나타난다. 본 연구는 단서 과제전환과 자발적 과제전환의 전환비용에 각각 단서 처리와 과제 선택 과정이 추가적으로 반영될 가능성을 배제함으로써 전환비용에 대한 과제세트 재구성 및 과제세트 관성의 영향을 정확히 평가하고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 참가자들에게 과제전환 각 절차에서 과제 단서와 선택 단서에 대해 반응하도록 하고, 단서를 기준으로 이전 과제세트의 영향과 현재 과제에 대한 준비기간을 조작하였다. 실험 결과, 자발적 과제전환의 전환비용은 준비시간이 증가할 때 유의하게 감소하였으나 과제세트 관성과는 관계가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 단서 과제전환에서는 전환비용이 과제세트 관성과 함께 감소하였으며, 준비시간과는 관련이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 두 과제전환 절차를 통해 인지적 유연성의 서로 다른 측면을 구체적으로 규명할 수 있음을 확인한 점에서 중요한 의의를 가진다.
The switch cost, which represents cognitive flexibility, is known to be caused by task-set reconfiguration and task-set inertia. This study aimed to specifically evaluate the contributions of these two cognitive processes to switch costs in cued and voluntary task switching paradigms by excluding additional cost induced from cue- and task-selection processes. For this purpose, we developed experimental tasks that required participants to respond both to the task cue and choice cue, and the task-set inertia and preparation times were manipulated based on the cue responses. Results showed that the switch cost in the voluntary task switching decreased as preparation times increased whereas it was unrelated with task-set inertia. Reversely, the switch cost in the cued task switching decreased when task-set inertia decreased but it was not associated with preparation times. This study suggests that different aspects of cognitive flexibility can be identified through the two task switching procedures.
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