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Adaptation and Automation of a Cancellation Test for Evaluation of Exploratory Visual Behavior

Authors:

Renata Cascaes,

Kalill Lameira,

Ricardo Sarmanho,

Kelly Pinheiro,

Marcelle Pereira Mota,

Antônio Pereira,

Nelson Cruz Sampaio NetoAuthors Info & Claims

IHC '18: Proceedings of the 17th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 5, Pages 1 - 9

https://doi.org/10.1145/3274192.3274197

Published: 22 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Tests that evaluate the individual strategies of visual exploration may be useful for characterizing deviations from typical development, such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia. One subgroup of visual exploration tests, called cancellation tests, require the identification of specific targets surrounded by distractors. However, the lack of automated versions of these tests limit their availability to a larger audience. In the present paper, we present an automated version of a cancellation test: the car test. The test is designed to be used by specialists and to be user-friendly optimizing its application and the analysis of collected data. We evaluated the car test in a group of 6-9 y.o. infants enrolled in a private school. The results suggest the car test is effective in providing information about visual exploration strategies of infants and is in agreement with the results of similar tests found in the literature.

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Santos SCampos EFigueiro PPontes FNeto NMota MSantos CBento Villela MGasparini IUchôa Conte T(2020)On the study of visual exploration vs. educational levels using an automated cancellation testProceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3424953.3426643(1-10)Online publication date: 26-Oct-2020
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