Emphasizing responder speed or accuracy modulates but does not abolish the distractor-induced quitting effect in visual search.

ABSTRACT: When a highly salient distractor is present in a search array, it speeds target absent visual search and increases errors during target present visual search, suggesting lowered quitting thresholds (Moher in Psychol Sci 31(1):31-42, 2020). Missing a critical target in the presence of a highly salient distractor can have dire consequences in real-world search tasks where accurate target detection is crucial, such as baggage screening. As such, the current study examined whether emphasizing either accuracy or speed would eliminate the distractor-generated quitting threshold effect (QTE). Three blocks of a target detection search task which included a highly salient distractor on half of all trials were used. In one block, participants received no instructions or feedback regarding performanc

SUBMITTER: Lawrence RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10564694 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature