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23-12-2014 | Original Article

Combined visual illusion effects on the perceived index of difficulty and movement outcomes in discrete and continuous fitts’ tapping

Auteurs: Sushma Alphonsa, Boyi Dai, Tami Benham-Deal, Qin Zhu

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 1/2016

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Abstract

The speed-accuracy trade-off is a fundamental movement problem that has been extensively investigated. It has been established that the speed at which one can move to tap targets depends on how large the targets are and how far they are apart. These spatial properties of the targets can be quantified by the index of difficulty (ID). Two visual illusions are known to affect the perception of target size and movement amplitude: the Ebbinghaus illusion and Muller-Lyer illusion. We created visual images that combined these two visual illusions to manipulate the perceived ID, and then examined people’s visual perception of the targets in illusory context as well as their performance in tapping those targets in both discrete and continuous manners. The findings revealed that the combined visual illusions affected the perceived ID similarly in both discrete and continuous judgment conditions. However, the movement outcomes were affected by the combined visual illusions according to the tapping mode. In discrete tapping, the combined visual illusions affected both movement accuracy and movement amplitude such that the effective ID resembled the perceived ID. In continuous tapping, none of the movement outcomes were affected by the combined visual illusions. Participants tapped the targets with higher speed and accuracy in all visual conditions. Based on these findings, we concluded that distinct visual-motor control mechanisms were responsible for execution of discrete and continuous Fitts’ tapping. Although discrete tapping relies on allocentric information (object-centered) to plan for action, continuous tapping relies on egocentric information (self-centered) to control for action. The planning-control model for rapid aiming movements is supported.
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We did not counterbalance the order of tasks in this study because we were mainly interested in the effect of perception on action. However, the reverse order of tasks was used in a separate study (manuscript is in preparation), in which the effect of task order was examined to show the co-influence of perception and action.
 
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The post hoc analyses were performed on the horizontal and vertical errors separately, and the similar effect of visual condition was found although the effect was more significant in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction. Therefore, the radial error was used to reflect the influence of the combined visual illusions on the movement accuracy in both horizontal and vertical directions.
 
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Since target width (W) is thought ofas the allowed error tolerance in the final position (see page 225 in Revett, 2008), we used the inverse of R e to represent the effective target width.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Combined visual illusion effects on the perceived index of difficulty and movement outcomes in discrete and continuous fitts’ tapping
Auteurs
Sushma Alphonsa
Boyi Dai
Tami Benham-Deal
Qin Zhu
Publicatiedatum
23-12-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-014-0641-x