Effects of Multimodal Stimuli on Students' Attentional Control During task Switching

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of attention control under the influence of auditory stimuli (music type: excited, depressing, soothing, cheerful) and tactile stimuli (vibration type: low frequency, high frequency) in different subjects, so as to provide guidance to adjust the design of different stimuli and their combinations in students' learning space.We selected 24 college students (12 males and 12 females) who were physically and mentally healthy. Subjects were asked to concentrate on the game and attention test activities before and after the task switching process under 8 different stimulus conditions, and the eye tracking task performance and eye tracking data after the task switching were obtained. The attention control effect was obtained through the analysis of task switching paradigm, attention percentage calculation and quantitative eye tracking data. Finally, the effects of different auditory tactile stimuli on participants' attention control were compared.The combination of different auditory and tactile stimuli had a significant effect on the attention level after task switching, with the attention level being the lowest in the combination of suppressed music and high-frequency vibration, and the highest in the combination of cheerful music and low-frequency vibration. These results provide important data for elucidating the impact of multimodal stimuli on attention control in task switching