The Learned Strategy - Direct Strategy Task is a measure of cognitive flexibility. In this optional-switch task, participants learn how to use one strategy, the Learned Strategy or LS, and then are presented with a more efficient alternative strategy, the Direct Strategy or DS. Elective flexibility is the degree to which participants switch to the better strategy once it is available.
**This version is OSweb compatible** (javascript instead of python inlines). To use this experiment with OSweb, see here: https://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.2/manual/osweb/
Click here to play the OSweb version of the LS-DS task: https://onlinestudies.eva.mpg.de/publix/1/start?batchId=1&generalMultiple
To cite this, task use any of the following:
Pope, S. M., Meguerditchian, A., Hopkins, W. D. & Fagot, J. Baboons (Papio papio), but not humans, break cognitive set in a visuomotor task. Anim Cogn 18, 1339–1346 (2015).
Pope, S. M., Fagot, J., Meguerditchian, A., Washburn, D. A. & Hopkins, W. D. Enhanced Cognitive Flexibility in the Seminomadic Himba. J. Cross-Cult. Psychol. 50, 47–62 (2019).
Pope, S. M. et al. Optional-switch cognitive flexibility in primates: Chimpanzees’ (Pan troglodytes) intermediate susceptibility to cognitive set. J. Comp. Psychol. 134, 98–109 (2020).
See also:
Watzek, J., Pope, S. M. & Brosnan, S. F. Capuchin and rhesus monkeys but not humans show cognitive flexibility in an optional-switch task. Sci. Rep. 9, 13195–13195 (2019).
Please send any comments, questions, or error notices to Sarah Pope at pope.sarahmichelle@gmail.com
