Performance In Vigilance Tasks Is Related To Both State And Contextual Motivation
Abstract
Vigilance, or sustained attention, is the ability to maintain attention to stimuli over a prolonged period of time. Synonymous with the study of sustained attention is the vigilance decrement, which is a decline in performance as a function of time on task. In the present study, we examined the effects of state motivation (i.e., motivation measured immediately prior to the task) and context-based motivation (i.e., motivation that stems from task instructions) on vigilance performance in a sensory-based vigilance task. Forty-three participants completed a 24-minute vigilance task, as well as measures of stress and workload. The results indicated that those higher in state intrinsic motivation and motivating instructions outperformed their peers in terms of hits and false alarms. We conclude that motivation may help facilitate vigilant attention.
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Number of Pages
1144-1148
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601268
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
85021789571 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85021789571
STARS Citation
Dewar, Alexis R.; Fraulini, Nicholas W.; Claypoole, Victoria L.; and Szalma, James L., "Performance In Vigilance Tasks Is Related To Both State And Contextual Motivation" (2016). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 4208.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/4208