The interplay between task difficulty and microsaccade rate: Evidence for the critical role of visual load
| Autor: | Andreas Sonderegger, Patrick Luethold, Alain Chavaillaz, Andrea Schneider, Eva Krueger, Quentin Meteier |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
mental load
eye tracking Task (project management) Subjective workload Continuous performance task 0502 economics and business medicine Mental load 050207 economics measuremen 050208 finance medicine.diagnostic_test 05 social sciences QM1-695 fixational eye movements Sensory Systems Mental demand Fixational eye movements microsaccades Ophthalmology Human anatomy Eye tracking visual load measurement Microsaccade Psychology eye behavior Research Article Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Eye Movement Research; Bd. 13 Nr. 5 (2020): Special Thematic Issue, part 2 "Microsaccades: Empirical Research and Methodological Advances“ Journal of Eye Movement Research; Vol. 13 No. 5 (2020): Special Thematic Issue, part 2 "Microsaccades: Empirical Research and Methodological Advances“ Journal of Eye Movement Research, Vol 13, Iss 5 (2021) Journal of Eye Movement Research |
| ISSN: | 1995-8692 |
| Popis: | In previous research, microsaccades have been suggested as psychophysiological indicators of task load. So far, it is still under debate how different types of task demands are influencing microsaccade rate. This piece of research examines the relation between visual load, mental load and microsaccade rate. Fourteen participants carried out a continuous performance task (n-back), in which visual (letters vs. abstract figures) and mental task load (1-back to 4-back) were manipulated as within-subjects variables. Eye tracking data, performance data as well as subjective workload were recorded. Data analysis revealed an increased level of microsaccade rate for stimuli of high visual demand (i.e. abstract figures), while mental demand (n-back-level) did not modulate microsaccade rate. In conclusion, the present results suggest that microsaccade rate reflects visual load of a task rather than its mental load. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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