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Task Switching Behavior Between Target Templates During Visual Search in Healthy Adults

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Healthy
Registration Number
NCT05786651
Lead Sponsor
Lehigh University
Brief Summary

In this line of research, the researchers having participants engage in task switching between tasks which require a positive (target) template, negative (distractor) template, or neutral (non-informative) template to the cognitive control factors associated with each template type during visual search. This is a basic science study.

Detailed Description

The researchers will have participants engage in task switching between tasks which require a positive (target) template, negative (distractor) template, or neutral (non-informative) template to the cognitive control factors associated with each template type during visual search. Looking for impacts of task switching helps to identify the components of the cognitive control system that overlap between different types of attentional templates. This is a basic science study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
27
Inclusion Criteria
  • normal or corrected to normal visual acuity, normal color vision
Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Button Press Reaction TimeOne day (during testing)

Speed to respond correctly to the target- after participant finds the target shape on a computer screen, they press a button to indicate what shape they see

Button Press AccuracyOne day (during testing)

Accuracy of responses to target item (% correct)- the researchers will measure whether the participants presses the correct button which corresponds to the target shape presented on the computer screen or the incorrect button

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lehigh University

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

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