Motivation Effects During Cued Visual Search

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Motivation Manipulation

• Registration Number: NCT05604053
• Lead Sponsor: Lehigh University

Brief Summary

In this line of research, we are examining whether motivation increases the utilization of target (positive) or distractor (negative) color cues to improve visual attention performance.

Detailed Description

When finding a search target, receiving a target cue or distractor cue can increase search efficiency. We are examining whether we can improve people's use of the cues to aid visual search performance if we increase their motivation through reward or time pressure.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-03-07
• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-27
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-03
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-07
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-08
• Primary Completion: 2024-09-17
• Study Completion: 2024-09-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• normal or corrected to normal visual acuity, normal color vision

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Within-subjects motivation manipulation	Motivation Manipulation	Low or high motivation

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Button Press Reaction Time	During Testing (single day)	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 Accuracy	During Testing (single day)	Accuracy of responses to target item- we will measure whether the participants presses the correct button which corresponds to the target shape presented on the computer screen or the incorrect button

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lehigh University; 🇺🇸 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States