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Understanding the causes of adapting, and failing to adapt, to time pressure in a complex multi-stimulus environment
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Palada, H and Neal, A and Tay, R and Heathcote, A, Understanding the causes of adapting, and failing to adapt, to time pressure in a complex multi-stimulus environment, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 24, (3) pp. 380-399. ISSN 1076-898X (2018) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
We examined how people respond to time pressure factors in a complex, multi-stimulus
environment. In Study 1, we manipulated time pressure by varying information load via
stimulus complexity and the number of stimuli. In Study 2, we replaced the complexity
manipulation with deadline – that is the time available to classify stimuli presented within a
trial. We identified several ways that people can adapt to time pressure: Increasing the rate of
information processing via effort or arousal, changing strategy by lowering response caution,
and adjusting response bias. We tested these mechanisms using the LBA model of choice and
response time (Brown & Heathcote, 2008). Whereas stimulus complexity influenced the
quality of choice information, the number of stimuli influenced response caution, and
deadline pressures caused a failure of encoding that was only partially compensated for by
increased effort or arousal. Our results reveal that, rather than having a common response,
people adapt, and fail to adapt, to the different time pressure factors in different ways.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Cognitive and computational psychology |
Research Field: | Decision making |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in psychology |
UTAS Author: | Heathcote, A (Professor Andrew Heathcote) |
ID Code: | 128273 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 14 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2018-09-12 |
Last Modified: | 2020-03-04 |
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