Table 5.
Reaction time and accuracy for all conditions on the functional field of view task.
| Control | Nature sounds | Urban sounds | Nature pictures | Urban pictures | Nature both | Urban both | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REACTION TIME—10° | ||||||||
| Pre-test | 949 (337) | 935 (253) | 951 (240) | 933 (250) | 993 (299) | 961 (304) | 909 (278) | 947 (279) |
| Post-test | 811 (268) | 811 (232) | 779 (204) | 739 (200) | 823 (246) | 817 (288) | 740 (200) | 789 (234) |
| Difference | −138 | −124 | −172 | −194 | −170 | −144 | −169 | −158c |
| REACTION TIME—20° | ||||||||
| Pre-test | 949 (302) | 1018 (294) | 941 (224) | 959 (269) | 949 (292) | 979 (300) | 914 (263) | 958 (275) |
| Post-test | 786 (230) | 834 (236) | 790 (208) | 743 (210) | 804 (229) | 816 (279) | 756 (219) | 790 (229) |
| Difference | −163 | −184 | −151 | −216 | −145 | −163 | −158 | −168c |
| REACTION TIME—30° | ||||||||
| Pre-test | 1007 (356) | 1064 (381) | 989 (249) | 989 (263) | 999 (297) | 983 (317) | 934 (274) | 996 (306) |
| Post-test | 836 (249) | 851 (258) | 804 (210) | 795 (237) | 834 (252) | 820 (308) | 767 (249) | 816 (249) |
| Difference | −171 | −213 | −185 | −194 | −165 | −163 | −167 | −180c |
| ACCURACY—10° | ||||||||
| Pre-test | 0.839 (0.216) | 0.768 (0.309) | 0.791 (0.204) | 0.768 (0.232) | 0.729 (0.316) | 0.746 (0.320) | 0.828 (0.231) | 0.781 (0.263) |
| Post-test | 0.877 (0.206) | 0.848 (0.151) | 0.912 (0.113) | 0.864 (0.151) | 0.814 (0.249) | 0.846 (0.266) | 0.896 (0.126) | 0.870 (0.203) |
| Difference | 0.038 | 0.080 | 0.121 | 0.096 | 0.085 | 0.100 | 0.068 | 0.089c |
| ACCURACY—20° | ||||||||
| Pre-test | 0.730 (0.280) | 0.651 (0.283) | 0.703 (0.243) | 0.681 (0.293) | 0.659 (0.321) | 0.698 (0.311) | 0.800 (0.225) | 0.703 (0.280) |
| Post-test | 0.814 (0.246) | 0.759 (0.277) | 0.849 (0.144) | 0.824 (0.171) | 0.754 (0.284) | 0.800 (0.275) | 0.861 (0.148) | 0.808 (0.228) |
| Difference | 0.084 | 0.108 | 0.146 | 0.143 | 0.095 | 0.102 | 0.061 | 0.105c |
| ACCURACY—30° | ||||||||
| Pre-test | 0.552 (0.266) | 0.543 (0.238) | 0.535 (0.217) | 0.511 (0.268) | 0.524 (0.268) | 0.564 (0.306) | 0.659 (0.149) | 0.554 (0.249) |
| Post-test | 0.625 (0.264) | 0.662 (0.200) | 0.627 (0.174) | 0.619 (0.247) | 0.608 (0.256) | 0.634 (0.284) | 0.710 (0.147) | 0.640 (0.228) |
| Difference | 0.073 | 0.119 | 0.092 | 0.108 | 0.084 | 0.070 | 0.051 | 0.086c |
Reaction times are in milliseconds, and indicate the time it took to identify the location of the target on correct trials only. An increase in accuracy from pre-test to post-test indicates an improvement in performance. For all eccentricities, there were main effects for accuracy and reaction time. However, there were no main effects of condition and no interactions.
c
p < 0.001.