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The Role of Visual Attention When Executing a Motor Sequencing Task

Sev, Selin (2024) The Role of Visual Attention When Executing a Motor Sequencing Task.

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Abstract:This study aimed to investigate whether the presentation of non-initial key-specific stimuli with incompatible stimulus-response mappings would lead participants to ignore these stimuli if they were isoluminant. In order to test this, an experiment was conducted on 36 participants, in which they performed a Discrete Sequence Production Task with two four-letter sequences. The results indicated that when participants practiced with mixed-luminance stimuli with incompatible stimulus-response mappings, they did not outperform the other groups. In fact, it was found that these participants exhibited the highest response times for the practice phase. Thus, it was concluded that participants are unable to ignore non-initial isoluminant key-specific stimuli even when these stimuli are harmful to their performance due to their incompatible stimulus-response mappings. Nevertheless, no significant difference was observed between participants who practiced with different luminance and those who practiced with mixed luminance stimuli in their ability to ignore isoluminant distractors. Consequently, the findings demonstrated that practicing with different luminance stimuli facilitated participants’ sequence learning as well as their ability to ignore isoluminant stimuli later on. Lastly, this study showed that prior practice with key-specific stimuli facilitated motor sequence learning among participants, irrespective of the sequence knowledge itself.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:77 psychology
Programme:Psychology BSc (56604)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100060
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