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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Perceptual-Motor Skills

Background:

  • Understanding how prior experience influences the adoption and effectiveness of cognitive tools is crucial.
  • Investigating the impact of intrinsic cognitive skills on tool-use performance is a key area in human-computer interaction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if performing a cognitive task without a tool (preexisting non-tool-use experience) affects subsequent tool-use performance.
  • To examine how the timing of cognitive tool introduction (early vs. late) impacts user biases (effectiveness vs. efficiency).

Main Methods:

  • Sixty participants navigated a maze with remapped keys, requiring mental-rotation-based perceptual-motor transformation.
  • A cognitive tool (arrow symbol) was used in some trials, with its introduction timed either early or late.
  • Performance was assessed based on completion times (efficiency) and error rates (accuracy) both with and without the tool.

Main Results:

  • Preexisting non-tool-use experience significantly improved subsequent tool-use efficiency (completion times).
  • Early tool introduction led to a persistent effectiveness bias (accuracy) even after tool removal.
  • Late tool introduction fostered an efficiency bias (speed) that persisted after tool removal.

Conclusions:

  • Intrinsic cognitive skills, developed through non-tool-use experience, play a vital role in enhancing tool-use efficiency.
  • The timing of cognitive tool introduction critically shapes user biases, influencing whether they prioritize accuracy or speed.
  • Findings offer novel insights into the interplay between user cognition and tool design for optimizing human-computer interaction.