The Attention-Lapse and Motor Decoupling accounts of SART performance are not mutually exclusive.
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Journal Article
There is an ongoing debate about the mechanisms purported to underlie performance in the Sustained-Attention-to-Response Task (SART). Whereas the Attention-Lapse account posits that SART errors result from attentional disengagement, the Motor Decoupling account proposes that SART errors result from failures to inhibit a fast, prepotent motor response, despite adequate attention to the task. That SART performance might be fully accounted for by motor decoupling is problematic for a Attention-Lapse account, and for the use of the SART as an index of attention lapses. To test whether SART performance is in fact fully accounted for by motor decoupling, I examined the relation between SART performance and attention lapses while controlling for motor decoupling. The results were clear: The SART was associated with attention lapses independently of motor decoupling. Thus, the present study suggests that both accounts are correct and that the SART is a valid measure of attention lapses.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Seli, P
Published Date
- April 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 41 /
Start / End Page
- 189 - 198
PubMed ID
- 26946296
Pubmed Central ID
- 26946296
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1090-2376
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1053-8100
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.concog.2016.02.017
Language
- eng