Coordinating and switching appropriately between multiple goals is an important challenge. What processes are used by the human mind and brain to solve this challenge? A novel task was developed and pilot tested to study these processes as involved in three types of goal-switching: switching between substitutable means to the same ends, prioritizing among multiple necessary means to an end, and switching goals at different levels of goal-hierarchy. Results confirmed that people switched between goals in the task in ways predicted by the current model of multiple goal pursuit. This study will provide the basis for a planned neuroimaging study to investigate the neural correlates of these goal-switching processes.M.Sc
