THE ROLE OF THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTENTION AND DECISION TIME - A REGRESSION MODEL
THE ROLE OF THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTENTION AND DECISION TIME - A REGRESSION MODEL

Summary/Abstract: Attention is the psychical phenomenon (mental function) which designates the selective orientation of the activity and the focalization of the mental energy on an object, in order to know it better and to act more efficiently. This study was carried out on a number of 50 female participants: 35 practitioners of tennis and 15 practitioners of aerobic gymnastics. We assessed attention concentration through the computerized test TAC and the simple and discrimination reaction time through the TR and TRD Tests, of the battery of tests PSISELTEVA. The TAC test consists in giving a pre-established answer for each signal-stimulus identified among insignificant stimuli. The TR test supposes promptitude of reactions, the diagnostic scope being the measurement of the simple reaction time. In the case of TRD test, the appearance of the red square represents the signal-stimulus - the participant’s task is to issue a motor response by pushing a lever as fast as he can. By subtracting the corresponding reaction time pairs one can measure the decision time. Using the simple linear regression, we highlighted that the results for the attention concentration under fast speed conditions can be used as predictors for the decision time. The development of the ability to focus attention under fast speed conditions influences female athletes capacity to discriminate visual signs (female practicing tennis and aerobic gymnastics register a better time in order to identify the correct stimuli).

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