Healthy
Conditions
Keywords
attention, visual search
Brief summary
The experimenters will examine the relationship between utilization of positive (target cue) and negative (distractor cue) templates during a cued visual search task with performance on a set of measures related to executive functions associated with attentional control: shifting, updating, and inhibition.
Detailed description
The experimenters will utilize the typical procedures for the cued attentional task, while also deploying the Miyake executive function analysis. Data will also include a working memory capacity measure.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBehavioral Measurement
Take measurements of behavioral performance
Sponsors
Lehigh University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Within-subjects measures, individual differences analysis
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Normal or corrected-to-normal visual acuity, normal color vision
Exclusion criteria
* age
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Positive, Negative, Neutral Attention Task Performance Speed | 1 day | Reaction times on visual search task with positive, negative, and neutral cues |
| Positive, Negative, Neutral Attention Task Performance Accuracy | 1 day | Accuracy on visual search task with positive, negative, and neutral cues |
| Miyake Executive Attention task- Updating | 1 day | Updating Attention |
| Miyake Executive Attention task-Shifting | 1 day | Shifting Attention |
| Miyake Executive Attention task-Inhibition | 1 day | Inhibition of attention |
| Working Memory Capacity | 1 day | Estimate of working memory capacity based on behavioral performance |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed