Keywords
Cognitive load, perceptual load, perception, color, motion blur reduction, eye tracking, training
Abstract
The visual content represented on information displays used in training environments prescribe display attributes as brightness, color, contrast, and motion blur, but considerations regarding cognitive processes corresponding to these visual features require further attention in order to optimize the display for training applications. This dissertation describes an empirical study with which information display features, specifically color and motion blur reduction, were investigated to assess their impact in a training scenario involving visual search and threat detection. Presented in this document is a review of the theory and literature describing display technology, its applications to training, and how eye-tracking systems can be used to objectively measure cognitive activity. The experiment required participants to complete a threat identification task, while altering the displays settings beforehand, to assess the utility of the display capabilities. The data obtained led to the conclusion that motion blur had a stronger impact on perceptual load than the addition of color. The increased perceptual load resulted in approximately 8- 10% longer fixation durations for all display conditions and a similar decrease in the number of saccades, but only when motion blur reduction was used. No differences were found in terms of threat location or threat identification accuracy, so it was concluded that the effects of perceptual load were independent of germane cognitive load.
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Graduation Date
2012
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Schoenfeld, Winston
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College
College of Optics and Photonics
Department
Optics and Photonics
Degree Program
Optics
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0004591
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0004591
Language
English
Release Date
December 2015
Length of Campus-only Access
3 years
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Optics and Photonics, Optics and Photonics -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Rosch, Jonathan, "An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Visual Effects And Object Identification Using Eye-tracking" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2339.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/2339