Does action disrupt Multiple Object Tracking (MOT)?
While the relationship between action and focused attention has been well-studied, less is known about the ability to divide attention while acting. In the current paper we explore this issue using the multiple object tracking (MOT) paradigm (Pylyshyn & Storm, 1988). We asked whether pl...
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doaj-e47d73804a0642f899d299672a98c03e2020-11-25T01:35:47ZengDrustvo Psihologa SrbijePsihologija0048-57051451-92832015-01-0148328930110.2298/PSI1503289T0048-57051503289TDoes action disrupt Multiple Object Tracking (MOT)?Thornton Ian M.0Horowitz Todd S.1University of Malta, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences, Department of Cognitive Science, MaltaNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USAWhile the relationship between action and focused attention has been well-studied, less is known about the ability to divide attention while acting. In the current paper we explore this issue using the multiple object tracking (MOT) paradigm (Pylyshyn & Storm, 1988). We asked whether planning and executing a display-relevant action during tracking would substantially affect the ability track and later identify targets. In all trials the primary task was to track 4 targets among a set of 8 identical objects. Several times during each trial, one object, selected at random, briefly changed colour. In the baseline MOT trials, these changes were ignored. During active trials, each changed object had to be quickly touched. On a given trial, changed objects were either from the tracking set or were selected at random from all 8 objects. Although there was a small dual-task cost, the need to act did not substantially impair tracking under either touch condition.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2015/0048-57051503289T.pdfdivided attentionactionmultiple object trackingMOTtrackingmobile devices |
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Does action disrupt Multiple Object Tracking (MOT)? |
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Does action disrupt Multiple Object Tracking (MOT)? |
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Drustvo Psihologa Srbije |
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Psihologija |
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While the relationship between action and focused attention has been
well-studied, less is known about the ability to divide attention while
acting. In the current paper we explore this issue using the multiple object
tracking (MOT) paradigm (Pylyshyn & Storm, 1988). We asked whether planning
and executing a display-relevant action during tracking would substantially
affect the ability track and later identify targets. In all trials the
primary task was to track 4 targets among a set of 8 identical objects.
Several times during each trial, one object, selected at random, briefly
changed colour. In the baseline MOT trials, these changes were ignored.
During active trials, each changed object had to be quickly touched. On a
given trial, changed objects were either from the tracking set or were
selected at random from all 8 objects. Although there was a small dual-task
cost, the need to act did not substantially impair tracking under either
touch condition. |
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divided attention action multiple object tracking MOT tracking mobile devices |
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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2015/0048-57051503289T.pdf |
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