Experimental Studies of the Attention Processing Model in Multiple Object Tracking Task
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment I
2.1. Methods
2.1.1. Participants
2.1.2. Experiment Design
2.1.3. Instruments and Materials
2.1.4. Experimental Process
2.1.5. Statistical Analysis
2.2. Results
2.2.1. Tracking Accuracy
2.2.2. Tracking Reaction Time
2.3. Summary
3. Experiment II
3.1. Methods
3.1.1. Participants
3.1.2. Experiment Design
3.1.3. Instruments and Materials
3.1.4. Experimental Process
3.1.5. Statistical Analysis
3.2. Results
3.2.1. Tracking Accuracy
3.2.2. Tracking Reaction Time
3.3. Summary
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Spatial Conditions | Between Hemifields | Within Hemifields | |
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Time Conditions | |||
Simultaneous presentation | 0.914 ± 0.050 | 0.887 ± 0.060 | |
Sequential presentation | 0.967 ± 0.033 | 0.949 ± 0.044 |
Spatial Conditions | Between Hemifields | Within Hemifields | |
---|---|---|---|
Time Conditions | |||
Simultaneous presentation | 1190.054 ± 292.647 | 1259.275 ± 270.441 | |
Sequential presentation | 1207.443 ± 305.609 | 1205.374 ± 332.441 |
Spatial Conditions | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
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Time Conditions | ||||
Simultaneous presentation | 0.918 ± 0.053 | 0.648 ± 0.099 | 0.567 ± 0.066 | |
Sequential presentation | 0.980 ± 0.022 | 0.334 ± 0.050 | 0.620 ± 0.065 |
Spatial Conditions | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
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Time Conditions | ||||
Simultaneous presentation | 1149.041 ± 208.266 | 1161.923 ± 133.103 | 1165.379 ± 142.492 | |
Sequential presentation | 1090.333 ± 205.785 | 1256.240 ± 165.229 | 1144.205 ± 129.677 |
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Liang, S.; Guo, Y.; Cheng, S.; Wu, S.; Wang, X.; Wang, X.; Lu, D.; Liu, X. Experimental Studies of the Attention Processing Model in Multiple Object Tracking Task. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 1686. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/brainsci12121686
Liang S, Guo Y, Cheng S, Wu S, Wang X, Wang X, Lu D, Liu X. Experimental Studies of the Attention Processing Model in Multiple Object Tracking Task. Brain Sciences. 2022; 12(12):1686. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/brainsci12121686
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiang, Shuyi, Yaning Guo, Sizhe Cheng, Shengjun Wu, Xiuchao Wang, Xinlu Wang, Diyan Lu, and Xufeng Liu. 2022. "Experimental Studies of the Attention Processing Model in Multiple Object Tracking Task" Brain Sciences 12, no. 12: 1686. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/brainsci12121686