Predictable targets are detected at higher hit rates than unpredictable targets in dynamic visual search across adulthood¶
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q3 i? Hit rates were higher for predictable than variable targets (main effect of Predictability in a GLMM over responses). → Nir Shalev 2024
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Nir Shalev 2024¶
Nir Shalev, Sage Boettcher & Anna C. Nobre. (2024). Spatiotemporal predictions guide attention throughout the adult lifespan. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00281-3
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Online dynamic visual-search experiment with 300 participants aged 20-80; GLMM on hit rate with Predictability, Interval and Age as fixed effects. The article reports "main effects of Predictability ( β = 0.22; SE = 0.06; z = 3.36; p < 0.001)", indicating higher detection of predictable targets.
"Analysis of the hit rate forfinding targets in the dynamic visual-search task revealed main effects of Predictability ( β = 0.22; SE = 0.06; z = 3.36; p < 0.001)"
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Related Claims¶
- The accuracy benefit of spatiotemporal predictions does not interact with age across the adult lifespan — related
- Overall dynamic search performance declines with age, with accuracy decreasing and response times slowing — related
- Predictability benefits accuracy increase when responses occur close to the onset of the next target (Interval × Predictability interaction) — related
- Reaction times are faster for predictable targets, but the RT benefit of prediction diminishes with progressing age — related
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Predictable targets are detected at higher hit rates than unpredictable targets in dynamic visual search across adulthood |
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Predictable targets are detected at higher hit rates than unpredictable targets in dynamic visual search across adulthood |
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