Effects of goal-setting on sustained attention and attention lapses.

Autor: Strayer DL; Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA. dstrayer@uoregon.edu., Robison MK; Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA., Unsworth N; Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Attention, perception & psychophysics [Atten Percept Psychophys] 2024 Jul; Vol. 86 (5), pp. 1594-1608. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 23.
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-023-02803-4
Abstrakt: In three experiments, we examined the effects of goal-setting on sustained attention and attention lapses. We measured both behavioral task performance and subjective attentional states during a four -choice reaction time task (Experiments 1 and 2 administered online; Experiment 3 conducted in-person). Experiment 1 compared a vague goal versus a specific goal. The specific goal reduced lapses in the form of long response times (RTs) but did not impact task-unrelated thoughts. Experiment 2 expanded on E1 by making the specific goal progressively harder. Behavioral lapses (i.e., long RTs) were reduced in the harder-over-time goal condition compared to the control condition. Additionally, while RTs increased with time-on-task in the control condition, RTs in the harder-over-time goal condition remained stable with time-on-task. Experiment 3 aimed to replicate the results of E2 in-person and adjusted the difficulty of the harder-over-time goals to be slightly harder. The results largely replicated E2. Overall, setting specific and difficult task goals led to a reduction in lapses of attention and increased sustained attention performance.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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