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@ARTICLE{Steinborn:841405,
      author       = {Steinborn, Michael B. and Langner, Robert and Huestegge,
                      Lynn},
      title        = {{M}obilizing cognition for speeded action: try-harder
                      instructions promote motivated readiness in the
                      constant-foreperiod paradigm},
      journal      = {Psychological research},
      volume       = {81},
      number       = {6},
      issn         = {1430-2772},
      address      = {Berlin},
      publisher    = {Springer},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2017-08480},
      pages        = {1135 - 1151},
      year         = {2017},
      abstract     = {We examined the effect of motivational readiness on
                      cognitive performance. An important but still not
                      sufficiently elaborated question is whether individuals can
                      voluntarily increase cognitive efficiency for an impending
                      target event, given sufficient preparation time. Within the
                      framework of the constant-foreperiod design (comparing
                      reaction time performance in blocks of short and long
                      foreperiod intervals, FPs), we examined the effect of an
                      instruction to try harder (instructional cue: standard vs.
                      effort) in a choice-reaction task on performance speed and
                      variability. Proceeding from previous theoretical
                      considerations, we expected the instruction to speed-up
                      processing irrespective of FP length, while error rate
                      should be increased in the short-FP but decreased in the
                      long-FP condition. Overall, the results confirmed this
                      prediction. Importantly, the distributional (ex-Gaussian and
                      delta plot) analysis revealed that the instruction to try
                      harder decreased distributional skewness (i.e., longer
                      percentiles were more affected), indicating that
                      mobilization ensured temporal performance stability
                      (persistence).},
      cin          = {INM-7},
      ddc          = {150},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
      pnm          = {571 - Connectivity and Activity (POF3-571)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-571},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:27650820},
      UT           = {WOS:000413032800004},
      doi          = {10.1007/s00426-016-0810-1},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/841405},
}