Rummage search by expert dyads, novice dyads and novice individuals for objects hidden in houses

Riggs, Charlotte A., Godwin, Hayward J., Mann, Carl, Smith, Sarah J., Boardman, Michael, Liversedge, Simon Paul orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-8579-8546 and Donnelly, Nicholas (2018) Rummage search by expert dyads, novice dyads and novice individuals for objects hidden in houses. Visual Cognition . ISSN 1350-6285

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2018.1445678

Abstract

Rummage search is the visual and haptic search of complex environments for targets. In this study, rummage search was explored using a novel analytic framework with expert dyads and novice dyads, as well as novice individuals. Participants sought an unknown number of targets placed in four rooms of a residential house. Some targets were plainly visible whereas others were hidden, and could only be found through haptic examination. Expert dyads were very good at the task, conducting a slowed, double-checking exhaustive search, while novices both failed to fixate potential target locations, and failed to carry out the appropriate action required to search those locations exhaustively. The novice dyads examined more than the novice individuals, but became more superficial in their search. We conclude that effective rummage searching is a skill enhanced by training.


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