Search Results - "Becker, Mark W."

The association between media multitasking, task-switching, and dual-task performance by Alzahabi, Reem, Becker, Mark W

“…The recent rise in media use has prompted researchers to investigate its influence on users' basic cognitive processes, such as attention and cognitive…”
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Empirical evaluation of the presence of a label containing standard drinks on pour accuracy among US college students by Brunk, Eric, Becker, Mark W, Bix, Laura

“…Alcohol concentration has traditionally been labeled in the form of alcohol by volume (ABV). This format can cause difficulty in evaluating accuracy of a pour…”
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Sex differences in visual attention toward infant faces by Cárdenas, Rodrigo A, Harris, Lauren Julius, Becker, Mark W

“…Abstract Parental care and alloparental care are major evolutionary dimensions of the biobehavioral repertoire of many species, including human beings. Despite…”
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To See or Not to See: Do Front of Pack Nutrition Labels Affect Attention to Overall Nutrition Information? by Bix, Laura, Sundar, Raghav Prashant, Bello, Nora M, Peltier, Chad, Weatherspoon, Lorraine J, Becker, Mark W

“…Front of pack (FOP) nutrition labels are concise labels located on the front of food packages that provide truncated nutrition information. These labels are…”
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Enhanced Attentional Capture in Trait Anxiety by MOSER, Jason S, BECKER, Mark W, MORAN, Tim P

“…Attentional Control Theory (ACT) proposes that anxiety is specifically associated with more attentional distraction by salient stimuli. Moreover, there is some…”
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Chasing red herrings: Can visual distracters extend the time children take to open child resistant vials? by Chen, Rita, Bello, Nora M, Becker, Mark W, Bix, Laura

“…Unintentional exposure to medications is a noted problem in pediatric populations despite the prevalent use of child-resistant (CR) packaging and educational…”
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Evaluating Varied Label Designs for Use with Medical Devices: Optimized Labels Outperform Existing Labels in the Correct Selection of Devices and Time to Select by Bix, Laura, Seo, Do Chan, Ladoni, Moslem, Brunk, Eric, Becker, Mark W

“…Effective standardization of medical device labels requires objective study of varied designs. Insufficient empirical evidence exists regarding how…”
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Eye movement feedback fails to improve visual search performance by Peltier, Chad, Becker, Mark W.

“…Many real-world searches (e.g., radiology and baggage screening) have rare targets. When targets are rare, observers perform rapid, incomplete searches,…”
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Quantifying age-related differences in information processing behaviors when viewing prescription drug labels by Sundar, Raghav Prashant, Becker, Mark W, Bello, Nora M, Bix, Laura

“…Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a significant problem in health care. While effective warnings have the potential to reduce the prevalence of ADEs, little is…”
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A novel strategy to optimize critical information on over the counter labels for older adults by Becker, Mark W., Kashy, Deborah A., Harben, Alyssa, Venkatesan, Krishnaa, Rodriguez, Andrew, Kebede, Matt, Martin, Beth, Breslow, Robert, Bix, Laura

“…Background and Aims Labels designed to communicate critical information are paramount for the safe and effective use of over‐the‐counter medications; in…”
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Quitting thresholds in visual search are impacted by target present detection times but not their variability by Becker, Mark W., Rodriguez, Andrew, Pontious, Dana

“…Models of visual search posit that target absent responses occur when the quitting threshold for the trial is reached before a target is detected, and that…”
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Using change detection to objectively evaluate whether novel over-the-counter drug labels can increase attention to critical health information among older adults by Harben, Alyssa L., Kashy, Deborah A., Esfahanian, Shiva, Liu, Lanqing, Bix, Laura, Becker, Mark W.

“…Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs have many benefits but also carry risks, such as adverse drug reactions, which are more prevalent in older adults. Because these…”
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Media multitasking is associated with symptoms of depression and social anxiety by Becker, Mark W, Alzahabi, Reem, Hopwood, Christopher J

“…We investigated whether multitasking with media was a unique predictor of depression and social anxiety symptoms. Participants (N=318) completed measures of…”
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No templates for rejection: a failure to configure attention to ignore task-irrelevant features by Becker, Mark W., Hemsteger, Samuel, Peltier, Chad

“…Knowing the colour of an upcoming target allows one to bias attention towards objects of that colour. It is far less clear whether knowing the colour of an…”
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Decision processes in visual search as a function of target prevalence by Peltier, Chad, Becker, Mark W

“…The probability of missing a target increases in low target prevalence search tasks. Wolfe and Van Wert (2010) propose 2 causes of this effect: reducing the…”
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Isolating the impact of a visual search template’s color and form information on search guidance and verification times by Montalvo, Derrek T., Rodriguez, Andrew, Becker, Mark W.

“…Visual search can be guided by biasing one’s attention towards features associated with a target. Prior work has shown that high-fidelity, picture-based cues…”
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Attentional Selection Is Biased Toward Mood-Congruent Stimuli by BECKER, Mark W, LEINENGER, Mallorie

“…One can exert significant volitional control over the attentional filter so that stimuli that are consistent with one's explicit goals are more likely to…”
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Individual Differences Predict Low Prevalence Visual Search Performance and Sources of Errors: An Eye-Tracking Study by Peltier, Chad, Becker, Mark W

“…Targets in real-world visual search tasks, such as baggage screening, may appear on as few as 2% of searches (Hofer & Schwaninger, 2005). Rare targets are…”
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Panic Search: Fear Produces Efficient Visual Search for Nonthreatening Objects by Becker, Mark W.

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Activation thresholds, not quitting thresholds, account for the low prevalence effect in dynamic search by Becker, Mark W, Rodriguez, Andrew, Bolkhovsky, Jeffrey, Peltier, Chad, Guillory, Sylvia B

“…The low-prevalence effect (LPE) is the finding that target detection rates decline as targets become less frequent in a visual search task. A major source of…”
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