naa a22 4500 51077735X CHVBK 20180411083235.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.3758/s13428-012-0266-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.3758/s13428-012-0266-1 A methodological note on evaluating performance in a sustained-attention-to-response task [Elektronische Daten] [Paul Seli, Tanya Jonker, Grayden Solman, James Cheyne, Daniel Smilek] We evaluated the influence of speed-accuracy trade-offs on performance in the sustained attention to response task (SART), a task often used to evaluate the effectiveness of techniques designed to improve sustained attention. In the present study, we experimentally manipulated response delay in a variation of the SART and found that commission errors, which are commonly used as an index of lapses in sustained attention, were a systematic function of manipulated differences in response delay. Delaying responses to roughly 800ms after stimulus onset reduced commission errors substantially. We suggest the possibility that any technique that affects response speed will indirectly alter error rates independently of improvements in sustained attention. Investigators therefore need to carefully explore, report, and correct for changes in response speed that accompany improvements in performance or, alternatively, to employ tasks that control for response speed. Psychonomic Society, Inc., 2012 SMMART nationallicence SART nationallicence Sustained attention nationallicence Speed-accuracy trade-offs nationallicence Attention training nationallicence Seli Paul Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut Jonker Tanya Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut Solman Grayden Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut Cheyne James Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut Smilek Daniel Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut Behavior Research Methods Springer-Verlag 45/2(2013-06-01), 355-363 45:2<355 2013 45 13428 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-012-0266-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-012-0266-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seli Paul Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jonker Tanya Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Solman Grayden Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cheyne James Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smilek Daniel Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Behavior Research Methods Springer-Verlag 45/2(2013-06-01), 355-363 45:2<355 2013 45 13428 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer