TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wirth, Robert
A1  - Foerster, Anna
A1  - Kunde, Wilfried
A1  - Pfister, Roland
T1  - Design choices: Empirical recommendations for designing two-dimensional finger-tracking experiments
T2  - Behavior Research Methods
N2  - The continuous tracking of mouse or finger movements has become an increasingly popular research method for investigating cognitive and motivational processes such as decision-making, action-planning, and executive functions. In the present paper, we evaluate and discuss how apparently trivial design choices of researchers may impact participants’ behavior and, consequently, a study’s results. We first provide a thorough comparison of mouse- and finger-tracking setups on the basis of a Simon task. We then vary a comprehensive set of design factors, including spatial layout, movement extent, time of stimulus onset, size of the target areas, and hit detection in a finger-tracking variant of this task. We explore the impact of these variations on a broad spectrum of movement parameters that are typically used to describe movement trajectories. Based on our findings, we suggest several recommendations for best practice that avoid some of the pitfalls of the methodology. Keeping these recommendations in mind will allow for informed decisions when planning and conducting future tracking experiments.
KW  - movement tracking
KW  - experimental design
KW  - Simon task
KW  - measures
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23556
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-235569
VL  - 52
ER  -