Book chapter
Метод регистрации и анализа ответов испытуемых по траектории движения компьютерной мыши: можно ли сшить семь шапок из одной шкуры?
С. 527-532.
Experiments involving participant’s response recording by way of pressing buttons
are quite common. This simple method allows estimation of such crucial parameters as response
time and response correctness. However, more detailed analysis of behavioral responses
is needed in some cases. Crucial aspects within the cognitive control research field
include the conflict before decision-making, error detection after response commission and
internal uncertainty. The present research was carried out to validate and estimate the informativeness
of a new response recording method using mouse tracking. Erroneous responses
versus correct responses during performance of the auditory condensation task were analyzed
and then compared with the results of a previous similar experiment where buttons
were used for response recording. It was found that the time of starting mouse movements
corresponds to response times measured by way of participants pressing a button. In addition,
several parameters of mouse cursor trajectories were proposed as indirect measures
of participant’s certainty, including mouse movement time, track curvature (deviation from
a linear one), start angle and start velocity of mouse cursor, and finishing angle of response.
The obtained results allow us to conclude that the response recording method using the
mouse tracking technique provide highly informative behavioral data which can help to detect
internal uncertainty. Thus, the new method of response recording appears to be very
useful for cognitive control research.
Publication based on the results of:
Psychophysiological study of adaptive mechanisms of cognitive control(2017)