| Literature DB >> 29846798 |
Jasmine S Dang1, Ivonne J Figueroa2, William S Helton2.
Abstract
The Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) has been widely used in psychological literature as a measure of vigilance (the ability to sustain attention over a prolonged period of time). This task uses a Go/No-Go paradigm and requires the participants to repetitively respond to the stimuli as quickly and as accurately as possible. Previous literature indicates that performance in SART is subjected to a "speed-accuracy trade-off" (SATO) resulting from strategy choices and from the failures of controlling motor reflexes. In this study, 36 participants (n = 36) performed a series of four SARTs. The results support the perspective of strategy choice in SART and suggest that within-subjects SATO in SART should also be acknowledged in attempting to explain SART performance. The implications of the speed-accuracy trade-off should be fully understood when the SART is being used as a measure or tool.Entities:
Keywords: Speed–accuracy trade-off; Sustained Attention to Response Task; Within-subject speed–accuracy trade-off (SATO)
Mesh:
Year: 2018 PMID: 29846798 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-018-5291-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Brain Res ISSN: 0014-4819 Impact factor: 1.972