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A feature and conjunction visual search immersive virtual reality serious game for measuring spatial and distractor inhibition attention using response time and action kinematics

A feature and conjunction visual search immersive virtual reality serious game for measuring... Background Treisman (1980) proposed that visual-spatial attention to targets presented with distractors involves parallel and serial cognition. When the target is different from distractors by a single feature, the number of distractors does not influence search speed (parallel). However, when the target is different from the distractor by a conjunction of features, increased numbers of distractors increase task difficulty (serial). Here, we developed a serious game in immersive virtual reality (IVR) for evaluating spatial and distractor inhibition attention. Methods We tested 60 healthy participants. They performed the serious game in which they had to find a target mole wearing a red miner’s helmet. In the single feature parallel conditions, the distractor moles wore blue (miner’s or horned) helmets, and in the conjunction feature serial conditions, the distractor moles wore blue miner’s helmets or red horned helmets. There were 11–17–23 distractors. Responses were made with the dominant hand by hitting the target with a virtual hammer. We measured mean response time (RT), mean velocity (MV) and coefficient of variance of speed (CV). Results Participants were significantly slower (RT and MV) and showed greater CV when responding to targets in conjunction compared to single feature search tasks. Further, participants were slower (RT and MV) and showed greater CV when the number of distractors increased. A significant interaction between search tasks and distractors showed that RT and CV only increased with distractor number for the conjunction search tasks. MV decreased with distractor number for both single and conjunction tasks, with a stronger decrease for conjunction relative to single feature search. Conclusion The results replicated previous findings, providing support for the use of immersive virtual reality technology for the simultaneous evaluation of spatial and distractor inhibition attention using complex 3D objects. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology Taylor & Francis

A feature and conjunction visual search immersive virtual reality serious game for measuring spatial and distractor inhibition attention using response time and action kinematics

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10.1080/13803395.2023.2218571
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Background Treisman (1980) proposed that visual-spatial attention to targets presented with distractors involves parallel and serial cognition. When the target is different from distractors by a single feature, the number of distractors does not influence search speed (parallel). However, when the target is different from the distractor by a conjunction of features, increased numbers of distractors increase task difficulty (serial). Here, we developed a serious game in immersive virtual reality (IVR) for evaluating spatial and distractor inhibition attention. Methods We tested 60 healthy participants. They performed the serious game in which they had to find a target mole wearing a red miner’s helmet. In the single feature parallel conditions, the distractor moles wore blue (miner’s or horned) helmets, and in the conjunction feature serial conditions, the distractor moles wore blue miner’s helmets or red horned helmets. There were 11–17–23 distractors. Responses were made with the dominant hand by hitting the target with a virtual hammer. We measured mean response time (RT), mean velocity (MV) and coefficient of variance of speed (CV). Results Participants were significantly slower (RT and MV) and showed greater CV when responding to targets in conjunction compared to single feature search tasks. Further, participants were slower (RT and MV) and showed greater CV when the number of distractors increased. A significant interaction between search tasks and distractors showed that RT and CV only increased with distractor number for the conjunction search tasks. MV decreased with distractor number for both single and conjunction tasks, with a stronger decrease for conjunction relative to single feature search. Conclusion The results replicated previous findings, providing support for the use of immersive virtual reality technology for the simultaneous evaluation of spatial and distractor inhibition attention using complex 3D objects.

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Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology – Taylor & Francis

Published: Mar 16, 2023

Keywords: Visual search; serious game; spatial attention; inhibition; executive function; kinematics; immersive virtual reality

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