Influence of Perceptual Information of Previewing Stimulus on the Target Search Process: An Eye-tracking Study

사전제시 자극의 지각적 정보가 목표자극 탐색에 미치는 영향: 안구추적연구

  • Lee, Donghoon (Department of Psychology, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Shinjung (Department of Cogno-Mechatroincs Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jeong, Myung Yung (Department of Cogno-Mechatroincs Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 이동훈 (부산대학교 심리학과) ;
  • 김신정 (부산대학교 인지메카트로닉스공학과) ;
  • 정명영 (부산대학교 인지메카트로닉스공학과)
  • Received : 2014.08.21
  • Accepted : 2014.09.14
  • Published : 2014.09.30

Abstract

People search a certain object or a person so many time in a day. Besides the information about what the target is, perceptual information of the target can influence on the search process. In the current study, using an eye-tracker we aimed to examine whether the perceptual information of previewing target stimuli on the visual search process of the target and the task performance. Participants had to identify the previewing target stimulus presented in the middle of the screen, and then had to search the target among 8 items presented in a circle array, and had to decide whether the size of the target in the search display was same as that of the previewing stimulus. The experimental conditions were divided into 8 within-subject conditions by whether the search display was consisted of all the same size items or different size items (homogeneous search display vs. inhomogeneous search display), by the size of the preview target stimulus, and by the size of the target stimulus in the search display. Research hypothesis is that the size information of the previewing influence on the visual search process of the target and task performance when the items in the search display are in different sizes. In the results of behavioral data analysis, the reaction time showed the main effect of the search display, and the size of the target stimulus in the search display. and the interaction between the size consistency effect of target stimulus and the search display condition. In the results of analysis of eye-movement information, the Initial Saccade to Target Ratio measurement showed the interaction between the size consistency effect of target stimulus and the search display condition as the reaction time measurement did. That is, the size consistency effect of target stimulus only in the inhomogeneous search display condition indicated that participants searched the items in the same size as that of preview target stimulus. Post-hoc analyses revealed that the search and task performance in the inhomogeneous display condition were faster when the target size was consistent, but rather slower when the target size was inconsistent.

사람들은 하루에도 수없이 어떤 물체나 사람을 찾는다. 이때 찾아야 하는 대상이 무엇인가 하는 정보 외에도 그 대상이 가지고 있는 지각적 정보도 시각탐색에 영향을 줄 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 안구운동추적기를 사용하여 탐색 목표를 알려주는 사전제시 자극의 크기 정보가 시각탐색과정에 영향을 주는지를 알아 보고자 하였다. 실험참가자는 화면가운데 제시된 특정 기호 자극(사전제시 자극)을 먼저 확인하고, 이후 화면 주변에 원형으로 제시된 8개의 자극들(탐색 디스플레이) 중 그 자극(목표자극)을 찾아 그 크기가 사전제시시와 동일한지 혹은 달라졌는지를 판단하는 과제를 실시하였다. 실험조건은 탐색 디스플레이가 모두 동일한 크기를 가진 항목들로 이루어졌는지 여부(동질적 디스플레이/이질적 디스플레이)와 목표자극의 사전제시시 크기(큼/작음)와 탐색시 크기(큼/작음)에 따라 8개의 피험자내 조건으로 구성되었다. 연구가설은 탐색 함목들이 다른 크기를 가진 이질적 디스플레이 조건에서 실험참가자는 사전제시 자극의 크기 정보와 일치하는 항목들을 먼저 살펴볼 전략을 사용할 것이라고 예측하였다. 실험결과, 과제수행 반응시간에서 탐색 디스플레이의 주효과, 목표자극의 탐색시 크기 주효과, 그리고 디스플레이 조건에 따라 다른 목표자극의 사전제시시와 탐색시 크기의 일치성 효과가 관찰되었다. 안구운동 측정치들을 분석한 결과, 그 첫 도약이 탐색 목표자극으로 향한 비율(Initial Saccade to Target Ratio)에서 반응시간과 유사하게 탐색 디스플레이 조건에 따라 목표자극의 크기 일치성 효과가 각각 달리 나타났다. 즉, 목표자극의 크기의 일치성 효과는 이질적 디스플레이 조건에서만 관찰되었는데, 이는 실험참가자들이 목표자극의 크기 정보를 바탕으로 탐색 항목들 중 사전 목표자극의 크기와 같은 항목들에게 먼저 주의를 기울였음을 나타낸다. 사후 분석 결과, 목표자극의 크기가 일관될 때는 이질적 디스플레이 조건의 안구움직임과 과제수행이 동질적 디스플레이 조건 보다 조금 더 빨랐으나, 목표 자극의 크기가 달라질 때는 오히려 더 느려졌음을 알 수 있었다.

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