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Research Improvements on a Visual Search Task

Yuanying ZhaoHubei University of Technology*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

Based on the above summary of theoretical foundations, the present experiment builds on the work of previous study by developing hypotheses and designing relevant experiments to investigate and discuss the effects of four influential variables of visual search. The cited article “The Influence of Stimuli Valence, Extraversion, and Emotion Regulation on Visual Search Within Real-World Scenes” demonstrates that emotion regulation is closely related to the development of affective disorders. Therefore, emotion regulation therapy is used in clinical treatment. However, the factor of extroversion has not been validated in previous articles. Accordingly, the extroversion variable was changed to neuroticism in this article. In addition, in previous studies, real-world emotional scenarios, including positive, negative and neutral scenarios have been shown to affect visual search tasks. Similarly, the experimental approach of conducting a visual search for targets in real-world emotional scenes was used in this article. This study of the effects of neuroticism and emotional regulation on attention may have significant implications for providing more effective interventions for individuals with affective disorders.

Keywords: task difficulty; emotion regulation; visual search
Published: October 31, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/7/20230866
Volume: CHR Vol.7
pp. 165-171
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