| Autor: |
Neigel AR; Computational and Information Sciences Directorate, United States Army Research Laboratory, 321 Johnson Street, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA. alexis.neigel@gmail.com., Claypoole VL; Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA., Hancock GM; Department of Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA., Fraulini NW; Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA., Szalma JL; Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
Vigilance, or the ability to sustain attention for extended periods of time, has traditionally been examined using a myriad of symbolic, cognitive, and sensory tasks. However, the current literature indicates a relative lack of empirical investigation on vigilance performance involving lexical processing. To address this gap in the literature, the present study examined the effect of stimulus meaning on vigilance performance (i.e., lure effects). A sample of 126 observers completed a 12-min lexical vigilance task in a research laboratory. Observers were randomly assigned to a standard task (targets and neutral events only) or a lure task (lures, targets, and neutral events presented), wherein lures were stimuli that were categorically similar to target stimuli. A novel analytical approach was utilized to examine the results; the lure groups were divided based on false alarm performance post hoc. Groups were further divided to demonstrate that the presence of lure stimuli significantly affects the decision-making criteria used to assess the performance of lexical vigilance tasks. We also discuss the effect of lure stimuli on measures related to signal detection theory (e.g., sensitivity and response bias). |
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