Cognitive plasticity induced by gaze-control technology : gaze-typing improves performance in the antisaccade task
| Autor: | Kevin B. Paterson, Olivia Marsh, Simon Judge, David Souto, Claire V. Hutchinson |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cognitive plasticity
business.industry Interface (computing) 05 social sciences Control (management) 050301 education 050801 communication & media studies Usability Gaze Task (project management) Human-Computer Interaction 0508 media and communications Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Psychology business Antisaccade task 0503 education General Psychology Augmentative Cognitive psychology |
| ISSN: | 0747-5632 |
| Popis: | The last twenty years have seen the development of gaze-controlled computer interfaces for augmentative communication and other assistive technology applications. In many applications, the user needs to look at symbols on a virtual on-screen keyboard and maintain gaze to make a selection. Executive control is essential to learning to use gaze-control, affecting the uptake of the technology. Specifically, the user of a gaze-controlled interface must suppress looking for its own sake, the so-called “Midas touch” problem. In a pre-registered study ( https://osf.io/2mak4 ), we tested whether gaze-typing performance depends on executive control and whether learning-dependent plasticity leads to improved executive control as measured using the antisaccade task. Forty-two university students were recruited as participants. After five 30-min training sessions, we found shorter antisaccade latencies in a gaze-control compared to a mouse-control group, and similar error-rates. Subjective workload ratings were also similar across groups, indicating the task in both groups was matched for difficulty. These findings suggest that executive control contributes to gaze-typing performance and leads to learning-induced plasticity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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