Go-stimuli probability influences response bias in the sustained attention to response task: a signal detection theory perspective.

Autor: Bedi A; University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand., Russell PN; University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand., Helton WS; University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand. whelton@gmu.edu.; Department of Psychology, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, 3F5, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA. whelton@gmu.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychological research [Psychol Res] 2023 Mar; Vol. 87 (2), pp. 509-518. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 11.
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-022-01679-7
Abstrakt: The sustained attention to response task (SART) is a popular measure in the psychology and neuroscience of attention. The underlying psychological cause for errors, in particular errors of commission, in the SART is actively disputed. Some researchers have suggested task-disengagement due to mind-wandering or mindlessness, and others have proposed strategic choices. In this study we explored an alternative perspective based on Signal Detection Theory, in which the high rate of commission errors in the SART reflects simply a shift in response bias (criterion) due to the high prevalence of Go-stimuli. We randomly assigned 406 participants to one of ten Go-stimuli prevalence rates (50%, 64%, 74%, 78%, 82%, 86%, 90%, 94%, 98% and 100%). As Go-stimuli prevalence increased reaction times to both Go and No-Go stimuli decreased, omission errors decreased and commission errors increased. These all were predicted from a hypothesized bias shift, but the findings were not compatible with some alternative theories of SART performance. These findings may have implications for similar tasks.
(© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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