Interruption in visual search: a systematic review.

Autor: Cambronero-Delgadillo AJ; Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria., Nachtnebel SJ; Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria., Körner C; Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria., Gilchrist ID; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom., Höfler M; Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.; Department of Dementia Research and Nursing Science, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2024 May 14; Vol. 15, pp. 1384441. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 14 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1384441
Abstrakt: Visual search, the process of trying to find a target presented among distractors, is a much-studied cognitive task. Less well-studied is the condition in which the search task is interrupted before the target is found. The consequences of such interruptions in visual search have been investigated across various disciplines, which has resulted in diverse and at times contradictory findings. The aim of this systematic review is to provide a more cohesive understanding of the effects of interruptions in visual search. For this purpose, we identified 28 studies that met our inclusion criteria. To facilitate a more organized and comprehensive analysis, we grouped the studies based on three dimensions: the search environment, the interruption aftermath, and the type of the interrupting event. While interruptions in visual search are variable and manifest differently across studies, our review provides a foundational scheme for a more cohesive understanding of the subject. This categorization serves as a starting point for exploring potential future directions, which we delineate in our conclusions.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2024 Cambronero-Delgadillo, Nachtnebel, Körner, Gilchrist and Höfler.)
Databáze: MEDLINE