Spatial Cueing
Basic Questions
1. Does visual attention always follow a person’s eye movements? Explain.
No, it does not always follow a person’s eye movements because some people are trained to use their peripheral vision rather than their spatial. Also, our visual attention like in the experiment can be focused on the arrow in the middle rather than the red box on the outside. In other words, visual attention can be very selective and not always focus on a person’s eye movements.
2. What is the independent variable in this demonstration? What is the dependent variable?
The independent variable in this experiment is appearance of the red square, and be able to respond fast as possible. This was measured by valid, neutral, and invalid. …show more content…
Also, this would be a valid cue because it indicates the direction the kicker will be kicking. Furthermore, the focusing on any other part of the body would be pointless because it would lead to the goalie receiving an invalid cue. Which would ultimately lead to a goal.
2. Name a profession (other than a professional soccer player) in which an individual might give an invalid spatial cue. Why do they use these invalid cues?
In basketball, players constantly have to pass the ball to other players in order for them to make a basket. Spatial cueing is used when player is about to pass and the position of the recipient’s head is due to the effect of spatial cueing. That is why sometimes basketball players fake with their head, this is to throw off the opponent so their body is out of balance.
3. Envision an experiment similar to the one you just completed where you have to make a response in relation to the location of a target. In this experiment you are given either a blue or a red square as a target. Furthermore, instead of being given a location cue you are given a cue about the color of the upcoming target. Do you think your valid-cue condition reaction times would increase, decrease, or stay the same as compared to an uncued
Basic Questions
1. Does visual attention always follow a person’s eye movements? Explain.
No, it does not always follow a person’s eye movements because some people are trained to use their peripheral vision rather than their spatial. Also, our visual attention like in the experiment can be focused on the arrow in the middle rather than the red box on the outside. In other words, visual attention can be very selective and not always focus on a person’s eye movements.
2. What is the independent variable in this demonstration? What is the dependent variable?
The independent variable in this experiment is appearance of the red square, and be able to respond fast as possible. This was measured by valid, neutral, and invalid. …show more content…
Also, this would be a valid cue because it indicates the direction the kicker will be kicking. Furthermore, the focusing on any other part of the body would be pointless because it would lead to the goalie receiving an invalid cue. Which would ultimately lead to a goal.
2. Name a profession (other than a professional soccer player) in which an individual might give an invalid spatial cue. Why do they use these invalid cues?
In basketball, players constantly have to pass the ball to other players in order for them to make a basket. Spatial cueing is used when player is about to pass and the position of the recipient’s head is due to the effect of spatial cueing. That is why sometimes basketball players fake with their head, this is to throw off the opponent so their body is out of balance.
3. Envision an experiment similar to the one you just completed where you have to make a response in relation to the location of a target. In this experiment you are given either a blue or a red square as a target. Furthermore, instead of being given a location cue you are given a cue about the color of the upcoming target. Do you think your valid-cue condition reaction times would increase, decrease, or stay the same as compared to an uncued