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How Many Objects are You Worth? Quantification of the Self-Motion Load on Multiple Object Tracking.

Laura E Thomas¹, Adriane E Seiffert

¹Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, USA.

Frontiers in Psychology

|October 13, 2011

Summary

Walking while tracking moving objects is difficult. Self-motion significantly impairs multiple object tracking performance, costing about one object

Keywords:

multiple object tracking self-motion spatial updating

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Estimation of Contact Regions Between Hands and Objects During Human Multi-Digit Grasping

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Published on: April 21, 2023

Area of Science:

Cognitive psychology
Neuroscience
Human perception

Background:

Multiple object tracking (MOT) is a fundamental cognitive function.
Self-motion, or locomotion, is known to impact cognitive processes.
The specific impact of self-motion on MOT capacity is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantify the cognitive cost of self-motion on multiple object tracking (MOT).
To determine how updating self-location affects tracking demands.

Main Methods:

Participants tracked a variable number of targets (1-5) among distractors in a virtual environment.
Tracking performance was compared between stationary (stay) and self-motion (move) conditions.
Tracking capacity was calculated for each participant under both conditions.

Main Results:

Self-motion significantly impaired performance in tracking multiple targets.
The cost of self-motion on tracking capacity was quantified at approximately 0.8 objects.
Updating self-location during tracking imposes a significant cognitive load.

Conclusions:

Self-motion imposes a substantial cognitive cost on multiple object tracking.
The demand of updating self-location is comparable to, or slightly less than, tracking an object.
These findings highlight the interplay between locomotion and visual attention.