The role of inner speech in task switching: A dual-task investigation
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In cognitive research, inner speech appears to fulfill a variety of mnemonic and regulatory functions.
“while in cognitive research, inner speech appears to fulfill a variety of mnemonic and regulatory functions (e.g. Emerson and Miyake, 2003; see Alderson-Day and Fernyhough, 2015a, for a review).”
From The brain's conversation with itself: neural substrates of dialogic inner speech (2016) · cites this paper as Emerson and Miyake, 2003
The effect of articulatory suppression on switching is moderated by task cues; explicit cues reduce the effect.
“this effect was specifically moderated by the types of task cues deployed: task conditions with explicit cues reduced the effect of articulatory suppression”
From Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology (2015) · cites this paper as Emerson & Miyake, 2003
Inner speech facilitated performance by acting as a mnemonic cue for how to respond when such cues were lacking.
“These results suggest that inner speech facilitated performance by specifically acting as a mnemonic cue for how to respond, when such cues were lacking in the task itself.”
From Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology (2015) · cites this paper as Emerson & Miyake, 2003
Articulatory suppression consistently disrupted switching performance by increasing switch cost, suggesting inner speech acts as a tool to prepare and smooth transitions.
“The deployment of articulatory suppression consistently disrupted performance by increasing the “switch cost” between trials requiring different arithmetic rules, suggesting that inner speech acted as a tool to prepare and smooth transitions between trials.”
From Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology (2015) · cites this paper as Emerson & Miyake, 2003
Use of inner speech becomes a key strategy in switching tasks during childhood and continues into adulthood.
“use of inner speech appears to become a key strategy in switching tasks during childhood, and there is evidence of this strategic use continuing into adulthood”
From Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology (2015) · cites this paper as Emerson & Miyake, 2003
Task difficulty made no difference to the articulatory suppression effect.
“Task difficulty, in contrast, made no difference to the articulatory suppression effect.”
From Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology (2015) · cites this paper as Emerson & Miyake, 2003
Inner speech has a beneficial effect on performance by minimizing switching costs, but only when verbalization completes the information set needed for an efficient and consistent response.
“Taken together, these studies suggest that inner speech has a beneficial effect on performance (by minimizing costs associated with switching), but only in conditions where verbalization seems to somehow complete the information set needed for an efficient and consistent response.”
From Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology (2015) · cites this paper as Emerson & Miyake, 2003
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- Authors
- Emerson, M. J., & Miyake, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Corresponding author
- Miyake, Akira
- ORCID
- Miyake, Akira
- Venue
- Journal of Memory and Language
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-01
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 148-168
- ISSN
- 0749-596X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2014391725
- Cited by
- 348
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 21
- FWCI
- 5.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Memory and Language (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- inner speech, task switching, switch costs, articulatory suppression, verbal self-instruction, phonological representation, cue type, task difficulty, dual-task performance
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