TY - GEN
T1 - Strategic differences in mental rotation tasks based on gaze durations
AU - Bao, Shan
AU - Boyle, Linda Ng
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The objective of this study is to investigate whether strategy differences in mental rotation performance can be explained using gaze durations collected from an eye tracker. To investigate this, 36 participants were administered an electronic version of the Purdue Spatial Visual Test: Rotation. Three questions (out of 30) were selected based on the overall response accuracy to represent an easy, moderately difficult, and difficult question. Participants were then segmented into two groups (high accuracy and low accuracy) based on test scores. Significant interaction effects between the groups and the five possible choices were observed for the gaze durations of each question (easy: F(4,170) = 9.05, p < 0.0001; moderately difficult: F(4,170) = 41.12, p < 0.0001; difficult: F(4,170) = 2.89, p< 0.05). The gaze durations of the high accuracy group were primarily skewed towards one of the five potential response choices suggesting a holistic approach. For the low accuracy group, an analytic approach appears likely with gaze durations more evenly distributed across all choices.
AB - The objective of this study is to investigate whether strategy differences in mental rotation performance can be explained using gaze durations collected from an eye tracker. To investigate this, 36 participants were administered an electronic version of the Purdue Spatial Visual Test: Rotation. Three questions (out of 30) were selected based on the overall response accuracy to represent an easy, moderately difficult, and difficult question. Participants were then segmented into two groups (high accuracy and low accuracy) based on test scores. Significant interaction effects between the groups and the five possible choices were observed for the gaze durations of each question (easy: F(4,170) = 9.05, p < 0.0001; moderately difficult: F(4,170) = 41.12, p < 0.0001; difficult: F(4,170) = 2.89, p< 0.05). The gaze durations of the high accuracy group were primarily skewed towards one of the five potential response choices suggesting a holistic approach. For the low accuracy group, an analytic approach appears likely with gaze durations more evenly distributed across all choices.
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U2 - 10.1177/154193120605001204
DO - 10.1177/154193120605001204
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44349125015
SN - 9780945289296
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 1227
EP - 1230
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, HFES 2006
PB - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - 50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2006
Y2 - 16 October 2006 through 20 October 2006
ER -