Measuring attention and vigilance in the laboratory vs. online: The split-half reliability of the ANTI-Vea
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Measuring attention and vigilance in the laboratory vs. online: The split-half reliability of the ANTI-Vea Fernando G. Luna 1,2
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Javier Roca 3 & Elisa Martín-Arévalo 2 & Juan Lupiáñez 2
Accepted: 8 September 2020 # The Psychonomic Society, Inc. 2020
Abstract Over the past few years, there has been growing interest in using online methods for collecting data from large samples. However, only a few studies have administered online behavioral tasks to assess attention outside the lab. In the present study, we assessed the classic attentional functions and two vigilance components using two versions of the Attentional Networks Test for Interactions and Vigilance–executive and arousal vigilance components (ANTI-Vea): (1) a standard version, performed under typical experimental conditions (n = 314), and (2) an online version, completed outside the lab (n = 303). Both versions were equally effective in assessing (1) the main effects and interactions of phasic alertness, orienting, and executive control, and (2) the executive (i.e., a decline in the ability to detect infrequent critical signals) and the arousal (i.e., a progressive slowness and variability in responses to stimuli from the environment) vigilance decrement across time on task. Responses were generally slower in the online than in the standard version. Importantly, the split-half reliability observed for both tasks was (1) higher for executive control (~.67) than for phasic alertness and orienting (< .40), as observed in previous versions of the task, and (2) between .71 and .99 for the executive and arousal vigilance measures. We expect the present study will be of interest to researchers aiming to assess attentional functions with a valid and reliable method that, importantly, is publicly available on an open website (https://www.ugr.es/~neurocog/ANTI/) and is easy to use in applied contexts. Keywords Attentional Networks Test . Executive vigilance . Arousal vigilance . Reliability . Online assessment
According to a widely acknowledged theory on attention, attentional processes are supported by three independent networks which, nevertheless, may interact with one another (Petersen & Posner, 2012; Posner & Petersen, 1990). In particular, (1) the alerting network underlies both phasic alertness The methods, analysis, and data sets generated and analyzed during the current study are available in the Open Science Framework repository, https://osf.io/q85bu/ * Fernando G. Luna [email protected] * Juan Lupiáñez [email protected] 1
Present address: Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (IIPsi, CONICET-UNC), Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Boulevard de la Reforma esquina Enfermera Gordillo, CP 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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Department of Experimental Psychology, and Mind, Brain, and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja S/N, CP 18011 Granada, Spain
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ERI-Lectura / Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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