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First time: RT in pure trials: 490ms RT in mixed trials: 825ms Mixing cost: 335ms RT in task-repeat trials (in mixed blocks): 825ms RT in t

First time: RT in pure trials: 490ms RT in mixed trials: 825ms Mixing cost: 335ms RT in task-repeat trials (in mixed blocks): 825ms RT in task-switching trials (in mixed blocks): 969ms Task-switch cost: 144ms Second time (while listening to music --- I decided to do this since I've noticed it somehow decreases my latency in typing tests significantly): RT in pure trials: 436ms RT in mixed trials: 673ms Mixing cost: 237ms RT in task-repeat trials (in mixed blocks): 673ms RT in task-switching trials (in mixed blocks): 746ms Task-switch cost: 73ms Edit: third time, also while listening to music: RT in pure trials: 435ms RT in mixed trials: 608ms Mixing cost: 173ms RT in task-repeat trials (in mixed blocks): 608ms RT in task-switching trials (in mixed blocks): 700ms Task-switch cost: 92ms I suspect this "game" is also amenable to practice, and find it at least a bit weirdly addictive in the same way as Flappy Bird.

darthrupert 2y ago
Fascinating that you're measuring milliseconds where I'm having context switches that cost me minutes to hours to days.
- userbinator 2y ago
  I don't think this game is all that representative of context-switching overhead, as my 4th attempt gives evidence that this improves quickly with practice: RT in pure trials: 422ms RT in mixed trials: 611ms Mixing cost: 189ms RT in task-repeat trials (in mixed blocks): 611ms RT in task-switching trials (in mixed blocks): 602ms Task-switch cost: -9ms The "mixed trials" are naturally slower because I'm having to recognise 4 patterns instead of 2, but only by ~50%.
  - dtran 2y ago
    Whoa, a negative task-switch cost! I didn't take it multiple times, but it makes sense that having practice at this specific task probably improves both your overall response times and maybe more specifically improves the different trials. What I'm curious about is whether we also get specifically good at say, task-switching between a code editor and say, Stack Overflow, over time

darthrupert 2y ago

Fascinating that you're measuring milliseconds where I'm having context switches that cost me minutes to hours to days.

userbinator 2y ago
I don't think this game is all that representative of context-switching overhead, as my 4th attempt gives evidence that this improves quickly with practice: RT in pure trials: 422ms RT in mixed trials: 611ms Mixing cost: 189ms RT in task-repeat trials (in mixed blocks): 611ms RT in task-switching trials (in mixed blocks): 602ms Task-switch cost: -9ms The "mixed trials" are naturally slower because I'm having to recognise 4 patterns instead of 2, but only by ~50%.
- dtran 2y ago
  Whoa, a negative task-switch cost! I didn't take it multiple times, but it makes sense that having practice at this specific task probably improves both your overall response times and maybe more specifically improves the different trials. What I'm curious about is whether we also get specifically good at say, task-switching between a code editor and say, Stack Overflow, over time