Comparing sustained attention performance across laboratory-based versus web-based settings

• Published in: Attention, perception & psychophysics Vol. 87; no. 6; pp. 2029 - 2040
• Main Authors: Kang, Jinwon, Lowder, Matthew W., Choi, Wonil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adult; Adults; Aging (Individuals); Attention; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Cognitive ability; Cognitive Psychology; Computer Use; Effect Size; Experiments; Feedback (Response); Female; Humans; Individual Differences; Information Processing; Internet; Laboratories; Laboratory Experiments; Laboratory Procedures; Male; Neurological Impairments; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Psychology; Psychomotor Performance; Reaction Time; Reading Skills; Registered Reports and Replications; Sample Size; Short Term Memory; Stimuli; Within-subjects design; Word Frequency; Word Recognition; Young Adult; Experimental environment; Sustained attention to response task; Sustained attention
• ISSN: 1943-3921; 1943-393X; 1943-393X
• DOI: 10.3758/s13414-025-03126-2

Recently, there have been many attempts to replicate effects that have traditionally been observed in laboratory-based settings using web-based settings. While many classic effects have indeed been found to replicate, it is also true that web-based experiments often yield slower reaction times and l...