Kalfaoǧlu, C. and Stafford, T. (2014) Performance breakdown effects dissociate from error detection effects in typing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67 (3). 508 - 524. ISSN 1747-0218
Abstract
Mistakes in skilled performance are often observed to be slower than correct actions. This error slowing has been associated with cognitive control processes involved in performance monitoring and error detection. A limited literature on skilled actions, however, suggests that preerror actions may also be slower than accurate actions. This contrasts with findings from unskilled, discrete trial tasks, where preerror performance is usually faster than accurate performance. We tested 3 predictions about error-related behavioural changes in continuous typing performance. We asked participants to type 100 sentences without visual feedback. We found that (a) performance before errors was no different in speed than that before correct key-presses, (b) error and posterror key-presses were slower than matched correct key-presses, and (c) errors were preceded by greater variability in speed than were matched correct key-presses. Our results suggest that errors are preceded by a behavioural signature, which may indicate breakdown of fluid cognition, and that the effects of error detection on performance (error and posterror slowing) can be dissociated from breakdown effects (preerror increase in variability). © 2013 © 2013 The Experimental Psychology Society.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 The Experimental Psychology Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2015 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2018 22:55 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.820762 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17470218.2013.820762 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85855 |