Fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.

The ability to devote attention simultaneously to multiple visual objects plays an important role in domains ranging from everyday activities to the workplace. Yet, no studies have systematically explored the fixation strategies that optimize attention to two spatially distinct objects. Assuming the...

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Autores principales:	Stefanie Hüttermann, Daniel Memmert, Daniel J Simons, Otmar Bock
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:50af424ae51f4f7081f47ce4c42f8b6f2021-11-18T07:42:20ZFixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0065673https://doaj.org/article/50af424ae51f4f7081f47ce4c42f8b6f2013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23776524/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The ability to devote attention simultaneously to multiple visual objects plays an important role in domains ranging from everyday activities to the workplace. Yet, no studies have systematically explored the fixation strategies that optimize attention to two spatially distinct objects. Assuming the two objects require attention nearly simultaneously, subjects either could fixate one object or they could fixate between the objects. Studies measuring the breadth of attention have focused almost exclusively on the former strategy, by having subjects simultaneously perform one attention-demanding task at fixation and another in the periphery. We compared performance when one object was at fixation and the other was in the periphery to a condition in which both objects were in the periphery and subjects fixated between them. Performance was better with two peripheral stimuli than with one central and one peripheral stimulus, meaning that a strategy of fixating between stimuli permitted greater attention breadth. Consistent with the idea that both measures tap attention breadth, sport experts consistently outperformed novices with both fixation strategies. Our findings suggest a way to improve performance when observers must pay attention to multiple objects across spatial regions. We discuss possible explanations for this performance advantage.Stefanie HüttermannDaniel MemmertDaniel J SimonsOtmar BockPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 6, p e65673 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Stefanie Hüttermann Daniel Memmert Daniel J Simons Otmar Bock Fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.
description	The ability to devote attention simultaneously to multiple visual objects plays an important role in domains ranging from everyday activities to the workplace. Yet, no studies have systematically explored the fixation strategies that optimize attention to two spatially distinct objects. Assuming the two objects require attention nearly simultaneously, subjects either could fixate one object or they could fixate between the objects. Studies measuring the breadth of attention have focused almost exclusively on the former strategy, by having subjects simultaneously perform one attention-demanding task at fixation and another in the periphery. We compared performance when one object was at fixation and the other was in the periphery to a condition in which both objects were in the periphery and subjects fixated between them. Performance was better with two peripheral stimuli than with one central and one peripheral stimulus, meaning that a strategy of fixating between stimuli permitted greater attention breadth. Consistent with the idea that both measures tap attention breadth, sport experts consistently outperformed novices with both fixation strategies. Our findings suggest a way to improve performance when observers must pay attention to multiple objects across spatial regions. We discuss possible explanations for this performance advantage.
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title	Fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.
title_short	Fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.
title_full	Fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.
title_fullStr	Fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.
title_full_unstemmed	Fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.
title_sort	fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2013
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Fixation strategy influences the ability to focus attention on two spatially separate objects.

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