Effect of the Presence of a Mobile Phone during a Spatial Visual Search
Effect of the Presence of a Mobile Phone during a Spatial Visual Search
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DOI：
10.1111/jpr.12143
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发表时间：
2017-04-01
影响因子：
0.8
通讯作者：
Kawahara, Jun-Ichiro
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作者：
Ito, Motohiro;Kawahara, Jun-Ichiro
最近的研究表明，仅仅是手机的存在就会损害社交互动和神经心理测试的表现。本研究考察了在视觉搜索任务中，手机的存在是否会导致对设备的空间偏向。与会者在空间分布的非目标中确定了一个目标。我们处理了三个因素：设备存在(手机或记事本)，目标一致性(一致性或不一致性)，以及注意力负荷(设置大小为8或24)。一部手机(或在控制条件下的记事本)被放置在计算机屏幕的左侧。参与者还完成了一份问卷，以衡量互联网使用情况和依恋程度。调查问卷得分高的受试者能在相同位置(与手机相同的一侧)迅速辨认出目标，但在这种情况下不会出现纯粹的在场效应。相比之下，问卷得分较低的参与者仅表现出在场效应，但没有观察到空间偏见。这些结果表明，仅仅是在场效应就可以受到设备吸引力程度的个体差异的调节。
Recent studies suggest that the "mere presence" of a mobile phone impairs social interactions and neuropsychological test performance. The present study examined whether the presence of a mobile phone causes spatial bias toward the device during a visual search task. Participants identified a target among spatially distributed non-targets. We manipulated three factors: device presence (mobile phone or notepad), target congruency (congruent or incongruent), and attentional load (set size 8 or 24). A mobile phone (or a notepad in the control condition) was placed on the left side of the computer screen. Participants also completed a questionnaire to measure Internet usage and attachment. Participants with high scores on the questionnaire rapidly identified the target at the congruent (same side as the phone) location, but the mere presence effect did not occur in this condition. In contrast, participants with low scores on the questionnaire demonstrated the mere presence effect, but no spatial bias was observed. These results suggest that the mere presence effect can be modulated by individual differences in the degree to which a device is appealing.