#TaskDemands

Matthias Nau

@matthiasnau.bsky.social

1 year ago

#10
So much more to say - please read the paper!🙏

For example, we discuss how #TaskDemands help understand the dynamic, interconnected, and multifunctional nature of neural circuits, and why #BehavioralTracking & #OpenScience are key for achieving long-term goals in #CogNeuro.

Matthias Nau

@matthiasnau.bsky.social

1 year ago

#7
#TaskDemands emerge from the inherent interaction btwn experimental components (i.e. stimuli, instructions, actions).

To understand their effect, we need #Multitask studies that vary multiple components and measure physiological & behavioral states in naturalistic settings.

Matthias Nau

@matthiasnau.bsky.social

1 year ago

#6
What can we do?

We suggest the first step is realizing that behavioral & physiological measures are grounded in #TaskDemands, not in mental concepts tasks are assumed to test.

Similar experiments will yield similar results (hopefully), regardless of what we think is tested.

Matthias Nau

@matthiasnau.bsky.social

1 year ago

#4
First, many psych concepts are not fully separable (e.g., Can you have mental imagery without working memory?), and empirical evidence for them overlaps (see Box 2).

Second, tasks probing distinct concepts are often extremely similar, with highly overlapping #TaskDemands.

Matthias Nau

@matthiasnau.bsky.social

1 year ago

Centering cognitive neuroscience on task demands and generalization - Nature Neuroscience Task demands are a primary determiner of behavior and neurophysiology. Here the authors discuss how understanding their influence through multitask studies and tests of generalization is the key to ar...

#CogNeuro seeks unified theories of behavioral, physiological, and mental states. To this aim, our #NatureNeuro Perspective proposes a new framework centered on #TaskDemands & across-task generalization. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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