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The Effect of Confidence Rating on a Primary Visual Task
The current study explored the influence of confidence rating on visual acuity. We used brief exposures of the Landolt gap discrimination task, probing the primary visual ability to detect contrast. During 200 practice trials, participants in the Confidence Rating group rated their response-confiden...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827456 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02674 |
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description | The current study explored the influence of confidence rating on visual acuity. We used brief exposures of the Landolt gap discrimination task, probing the primary visual ability to detect contrast. During 200 practice trials, participants in the Confidence Rating group rated their response-confidence in each trial. A second (Time Delay) group received a short break at the end of each trial, equivalent to the average rating response time of the Confidence Rating group. The third (Standard Task) group performed the Landolt gap task in its original form. During practice, the Confidence Rating group developed an efficient monitoring ability indicated by a significant correlation between accuracy and confidence rating and a moderate calibration index score. Following practice, all groups performed 400 identical test trials of the standard Landolt gap task. In the test trials, the Confidence Rating group responded more accurately than the control groups, though it did not differ from them in response time for correct answers. Remarkably, the Confidence Rating group was significantly slower when making errors, compared the control groups. An interaction in learning efficiency occurred: the Confidence Rating group significantly improved its reaction times after the initial practice, as compared to both control groups. The findings demonstrate an effect of confidence rating on the formation of processing and response strategies, which granted participants significant benefits in later performance. |
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spelling | pubmed-68923552019-12-11 The Effect of Confidence Rating on a Primary Visual Task Bonder, Taly Gopher, Daniel Front Psychol Psychology The current study explored the influence of confidence rating on visual acuity. We used brief exposures of the Landolt gap discrimination task, probing the primary visual ability to detect contrast. During 200 practice trials, participants in the Confidence Rating group rated their response-confidence in each trial. A second (Time Delay) group received a short break at the end of each trial, equivalent to the average rating response time of the Confidence Rating group. The third (Standard Task) group performed the Landolt gap task in its original form. During practice, the Confidence Rating group developed an efficient monitoring ability indicated by a significant correlation between accuracy and confidence rating and a moderate calibration index score. Following practice, all groups performed 400 identical test trials of the standard Landolt gap task. In the test trials, the Confidence Rating group responded more accurately than the control groups, though it did not differ from them in response time for correct answers. Remarkably, the Confidence Rating group was significantly slower when making errors, compared the control groups. An interaction in learning efficiency occurred: the Confidence Rating group significantly improved its reaction times after the initial practice, as compared to both control groups. The findings demonstrate an effect of confidence rating on the formation of processing and response strategies, which granted participants significant benefits in later performance. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6892355/ /pubmed/31827456 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02674 Text en Copyright © 2019 Bonder and Gopher. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Bonder, Taly Gopher, Daniel The Effect of Confidence Rating on a Primary Visual Task |
title | The Effect of Confidence Rating on a Primary Visual Task |
title_full | The Effect of Confidence Rating on a Primary Visual Task |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Confidence Rating on a Primary Visual Task |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Confidence Rating on a Primary Visual Task |
title_short | The Effect of Confidence Rating on a Primary Visual Task |
title_sort | effect of confidence rating on a primary visual task |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827456 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02674 |
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