1. Impact of screen size on cognitive training task performance: An HMD study
- Author
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Yang Rong, Eric Redlinger, and Bernhard Glas
- Subjects
Computer science ,Speech recognition ,E-learning (theory) ,Electroencephalography ,050105 experimental psychology ,Task (project management) ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cognition ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physiology (medical) ,Task Performance and Analysis ,Reaction Time ,medicine ,Humans ,Learning ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,General Neuroscience ,05 social sciences ,Response time ,Cognitive training ,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology ,Display size ,Visual angle ,Cognition Disorders ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Cognitive load - Abstract
To better understand the impact of different screen sizes in cognitive training, study subjects performed an adaptive training task at three separate visual angles using a head-mounted display (HMD). Cognitive load was assessed using EEG and compared with task performance (accuracy and response time) for each condition. While previous studies found performance benefits corresponding to increased screen size in memory and learning tasks, our results suggest such benefits may only apply up to a visual angle of approximately 20°, after which increases in size become inversely correlated with task performance.
- Published
- 2021