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  • Human Factors Engineering

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  • Incorrect performance in visual search tasks can lead to significant real-world costs, such as accidents.
  • Modifying decision criteria, prioritizing accuracy over speed, may prevent such errors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether the awareness of being observed influences decision criteria during visual search tasks.
  • To determine if social presence affects visual search speed and accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed a visual search task under conditions of being directly observed via video cameras and monitors.
  • A secondary condition involved participants being videotaped, with the belief their future behavior would be observed.

Main Results:

  • Participants exhibited slower reaction times and improved accuracy (hit/miss rates) when they perceived they were being watched.
  • These effects persisted even when participants believed their recorded behavior would be reviewed later.

Conclusions:

  • The awareness of being observed significantly modulates decision criteria in visual search.
  • Social presence, even indirectly through recording, impacts performance by shifting the accuracy-speed trade-off.