Cross-Modal Conflict Increases With Time-on-Task in a Temporal Discrimination Task
The modality appropriateness hypothesis argues that the auditory modality is preferred over the visual modality in tasks demanding temporal operations; hence, we predicted that responses to visual stimuli would be more sensitive to the detrimental effect of Time-on-Task. We used a bimodal temporal d...
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| description | The modality appropriateness hypothesis argues that the auditory modality is preferred over the visual modality in tasks demanding temporal operations; hence, we predicted that responses to visual stimuli would be more sensitive to the detrimental effect of Time-on-Task. We used a bimodal temporal discrimination task. The factors were durational congruency between the modalities and the direction of modality-transmission. Participants needed to decide the duration of the cued stimulus (visual or auditory). The first five blocks of the task lasted about 1.5 h without rest [Time-on-Task (ToT) period]. The participants then had a 12-min break followed by an additional block of trials. Subjective fatigue, reaction time, error rates, and electrocardiographic data were recorded. In the visual modality, we found an enhanced congruency effect as a function of ToT. The cost of attentional shifting was higher in the auditory modality, but remained constant, suggesting that processing of auditory stimuli is robust against the effects of fatigue. Performance did not improve after the break, indicating that the effects of fatigue could not be overcome by taking a brief break. The heart rate variability (HRV) data showed that vagal inhibition increased with ToT, but this increase was not associated with the changes in performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de2ca8453cf54aa0b5e8cda0c5cb09742022-12-21T22:42:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-10-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.02429484982Cross-Modal Conflict Increases With Time-on-Task in a Temporal Discrimination TaskAndrás Matuz0Dimitri Van der Linden1Kristóf Topa2Árpád Csathó3Medical School, Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDepartment of Psychology, Education, and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NetherlandsInstitute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryMedical School, Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryThe modality appropriateness hypothesis argues that the auditory modality is preferred over the visual modality in tasks demanding temporal operations; hence, we predicted that responses to visual stimuli would be more sensitive to the detrimental effect of Time-on-Task. We used a bimodal temporal discrimination task. The factors were durational congruency between the modalities and the direction of modality-transmission. Participants needed to decide the duration of the cued stimulus (visual or auditory). The first five blocks of the task lasted about 1.5 h without rest [Time-on-Task (ToT) period]. The participants then had a 12-min break followed by an additional block of trials. Subjective fatigue, reaction time, error rates, and electrocardiographic data were recorded. In the visual modality, we found an enhanced congruency effect as a function of ToT. The cost of attentional shifting was higher in the auditory modality, but remained constant, suggesting that processing of auditory stimuli is robust against the effects of fatigue. Performance did not improve after the break, indicating that the effects of fatigue could not be overcome by taking a brief break. The heart rate variability (HRV) data showed that vagal inhibition increased with ToT, but this increase was not associated with the changes in performance.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02429/fulltime-on-taskmental fatiguecross-modal attentiontime discriminationheart rate variability |
| spellingShingle | András Matuz Dimitri Van der Linden Kristóf Topa Árpád Csathó Cross-Modal Conflict Increases With Time-on-Task in a Temporal Discrimination Task Frontiers in Psychology time-on-task mental fatigue cross-modal attention time discrimination heart rate variability |
| title | Cross-Modal Conflict Increases With Time-on-Task in a Temporal Discrimination Task |
| title_full | Cross-Modal Conflict Increases With Time-on-Task in a Temporal Discrimination Task |
| title_fullStr | Cross-Modal Conflict Increases With Time-on-Task in a Temporal Discrimination Task |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-Modal Conflict Increases With Time-on-Task in a Temporal Discrimination Task |
| title_short | Cross-Modal Conflict Increases With Time-on-Task in a Temporal Discrimination Task |
| title_sort | cross modal conflict increases with time on task in a temporal discrimination task |
| topic | time-on-task mental fatigue cross-modal attention time discrimination heart rate variability |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02429/full |
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