Table 1 Task description
Project: EVO | Flanker task | Visual search task | |
|---|---|---|---|
Task description | Indicate direction of central target, which is flanked by distractors that are either in the same or opposite direction as the target | Search for a target (green ‘Π’), among a number of red and non-vertically aligned green distracting ‘Π’s, indicating the side of the Π opening being on the top or the bottom (as shown). | |
Primary Reference | Anguera et al.18 | Eriksen and Eriksen39 | Treisman (1982) |
Type of Attention Measured | Selective attention with distractors, alone and while multi-tasking | Selective attention with distractors | Selective attention with distractors, with search component |
Primary measure to assess attention | Response time to targets under differing distraction loads | Response time to congruent versus incongruent targets | Response time to targets under high versus low loads of distractors |
Respond to select stimuli | Yes | Yes | Yes |
High/Low Difficulty Loads | Yes | No | Yes |
Distracting or Irrelevant Stimuli | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Trial-by-Trial Feedback | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Incorporates high-level art and music to create immersive experience | Yes | No | No |
Uses Adaptivity | Yes | No | No |
Involves multi-tasking | Yes | No | No |
