Article: Studies from Michigan State University, Department of Psychology have provided new data on behavior.(Report)

Scientists discuss in 'Shifting set about task switching: behavioral and neural evidence for distinct forms of cognitive flexibility' new findings in behavior. "Task switching is an important aspect of cognitive control and understanding its underlying mechanisms is the focus of considerable research. In this paper, we contrast two different kinds of task switching paradigms and provide evidence that different cognitive mechanisms underlie switching behavior depending on whether the switch is between sets of rules (rule switch) or sets of features presented simultaneously (perceptual switch)," scientists in the United States report (see also Behavior).

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