Timecourses showing mind wandering and heuristic strategies interact complexly to affect SART performance rapidly

Authors: Elkelani, O., Ribeiro-Ali, S.I., Westling, C.E.I. and Witchel, H.J.

Journal: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

DOI: 10.1145/3673805.3673819

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: Go/no-go tasks (such as the sustained attention to response task, SART) may elicit two lingering effects arising from (a) mind wandering and (b) the mental strategy adopted. AIM: To determine the onset rate of these effects and whether the effects are additive or interact in a complex way. METHODS: An online experiment (~20 minutes) with 78 volunteers who experienced 6 experimental blocks of SART with go-percentages of 100%, 87%, 75%, 50%, 25% and 6% in a randomized order (inter-trial interval = 5.2s). Each block was followed by mind wandering thought probes and rating scales. Analysis was done with linear mixed effects models, non-parametric group tests, and cumulative distribution probability graphs. RESULTS: Mind wandering accelerated reaction time when accompanying haste, but it slowed reaction time when accompanying inhibitory passivity. In both cases it increased error-making. Reaction times reflected new strategies within 30 seconds. CONCLUSIONS: Mind wandering can both accelerate or decelerate performance depending on the context and its heuristic strategy; it typically co-opts parallel mental resources when perceived task demands are low or not persistent.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40063/

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Timecourses showing mind wandering and heuristic strategies interact complexly to affect SART performance rapidly

Authors: Elkelani, O., Ribeiro-Ali, S.I., Westling, C.E.I. and Witchel, H.J.

Journal: PROCEEDINGS OF EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS 2024, ECCE 2024

DOI: 10.1145/3673805.3673819

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40063/

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Timecourses showing mind wandering and heuristic strategies interact complexly to affect SART performance rapidly

Authors: Westling, C., Witchel, H., Ribeiro-Ali, S. and Elkelani, O.

Conference: ECCE 2024

Dates: 8-11 October 2024

Journal: ACM

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40063/

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Timecourses showing mind wandering and heuristic strategies interact complexly to affect SART performance rapidly

Authors: Elkelani, O., Ribeiro-Ali, S.I., Westling, C.E.I. and Witchel, H.J.

Conference: European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE) 2024

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: Go/no-go tasks (such as the sustained attention to response task, SART) may elicit two lingering effects arising from (a) mind wandering and (b) the mental strategy adopted. AIM: To determine the onset rate of these effects and whether the effects are additive or interact in a complex way. METHODS: An online experiment (~20 minutes) with 78 volunteers who experienced 6 experimental blocks of SART with go-percentages of 100%, 87%, 75%, 50%, 25% and 6% in a randomized order (inter-trial interval = 5.2s). Each block was followed by mind wandering thought probes and rating scales. Analysis was done with linear mixed effects models, non-parametric group tests, and cumulative distribution probability graphs. RESULTS: Mind wandering accelerated reaction time when accompanying haste, but it slowed reaction time when accompanying inhibitory passivity. In both cases it increased error-making. Reaction times reflected new strategies within 30 seconds. CONCLUSIONS: Mind wandering can both accelerate or decelerate performance depending on the context and its effective strategy; it typically co-opts parallel mental resources

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40063/

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