Compensatory tracking task
{{Short description|Task that assesses eye–hand coordination}}
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A compensatory tracking task is a task that assesses eye–hand coordination, in which a user is operating a display that has an indicator and a zero point using a joystick, computer mouse, trackball, or other controlling device. The user must try to keep the indicator within the zero point while the indicator is being acted upon by outside forces.{{cite web |last1=Cruzen |first1=Marianne |last2=Senders |first2=John W. |title=Tracking Performance on Combined Compensatory and Pursuit Tasks |date=1 February 1952 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA076045 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601064532/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA076045 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 1, 2022 }}
Early versions of compensatory tracking tasks included a display made of a cathode ray oscilloscope with a rack and pinion connected to a knob that controlled the indicator. The zero point would be displayed on the cathode ray tube. The participant would turn the knob in order to keep the indicator within the zero point.
Time, and distance from the zero point are measured to determine the participant's ability to control the indicator. The early versions of this test were used to help develop better controls.{{cite journal |last1=Howland |first1=Daniel |last2=Noble |first2=Merrill E. |title=The effect of physical constants of a control on tracking performance |journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology |date=1953 |volume=46 |issue=5 |pages=353–360 |id={{ProQuest|614244295}} |doi=10.1037/h0059064 |pmid=13109139 }} Control modulators such as springs, generators, and electromagnets were used to increase difficulty of the task.
More recently, compensatory tracking tasks has been used to gauge alertness. This is done using a computer monitor and a simulation controlled by a mouse or trackball. Participants use the mouse to keep the indicator within a target which acts as the zero point. Time within the zero point and distance from the zero point are once again measured.{{fact|date=April 2021}} Notable versions of the compensatory tracking task are COMPTRACK,{{cite web |last1=Makeig |first1=S. |last2=Jolley |first2=K. |title=COMPTRACK: A Compensatory Tracking Task for Monitoring Alertness |date=9 July 1995 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA311977 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601064610/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA311977 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 1, 2022 }} and the PEBL compensatory tracking task.{{fact|date=April 2021}}
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- {{cite journal |last1=Huang |first1=Ruey-Song |last2=Jung |first2=Tzyy-Ping |last3=Delorme |first3=Arnaud |last4=Makeig |first4=Scott |title=Tonic and phasic electroencephalographic dynamics during continuous compensatory tracking |journal=NeuroImage |date=15 February 2008 |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=1896–1909 |doi=10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.036 |pmid=18083601 |s2cid=8113168 |citeseerx=10.1.1.297.3106 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wolpert |first1=D. M. |last2=Miall |first2=R. C. |last3=Winter |first3=J. L. |last4=Stein |first4=J. F. |title=Evidence for an Error Deadzone in Compensatory Tracking |journal=Journal of Motor Behavior |date=1 December 1992 |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=299–308 |doi=10.1080/00222895.1992.9941626 |pmid=14769559 |citeseerx=10.1.1.712.9050 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Benson |first1=Alan J. |last2=Huddleston |first2=Jo H. F. |last3=Rolfe |first3=John M. |title=A Psychophysiological Study of Compensatory Tracking on a Digital Display |journal=Human Factors |date=1 October 1965 |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=457–472 |doi=10.1177/001872086500700505 |pmid=5882207 |s2cid=28374174 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=van der El |first1=Kasper |last2=Pool |first2=Daan M. |last3=Mulder |first3=Max |title=Measuring and modeling driver steering behavior: From compensatory tracking to curve driving |journal=Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour |date=2019 |volume=61 |pages=337–346 |doi=10.1016/j.trf.2017.09.011 |bibcode=2019TRPF...61..337V |s2cid=149379527 |url=http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e4162ff3-dae4-4e6a-a324-4cbd760b4d2e }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Chernikoff |first1=Rube |last2=Birmingham |first2=Henry P. |last3=Taylor |first3=Franklin V. |title=A comparison of pursuit and compensatory tracking under conditions of aiding and no aiding. |journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology |date=1955 |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=55–59 |doi=10.1037/h0047938 |pmid=13233465 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Vinje |first1=Edward W. |last2=Pitkin |first2=Edward T. |title=Human Operator Dynamics for Aural Compensatory Tracking |journal=IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics |year=1972 |volume=SMC-2 |issue=4 |pages=504–512 |doi=10.1109/TSMC.1972.4309160 |bibcode=1972NASSP.281..339V }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Jaeger |first1=Robert J. |last2=Agarwal |first2=Gyan C. |last3=Gottlieb |first3=Gerald L. |title=Predictor Operator in Pursuit and Compensatory Tracking |journal=Human Factors |date=1 August 1980 |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=497–506 |doi=10.1177/001872088002200410 |pmid=7429514 |s2cid=5110034 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Benignus |first1=V |title=Effect of low level carbon monoxide on compensatory tracking and event monitoring |journal=Neurotoxicology and Teratology |year=1987 |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=227–234 |doi=10.1016/0892-0362(87)90007-9 |pmid=3627086 |bibcode=1987NTxT....9..227B }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Noble |first1=Merrill |last2=Sanders |first2=Andries F. |title=Searching for Traffic Signals while Engaged in Compensatory Tracking |journal=Human Factors |date=1 February 1980 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=89–102 |doi=10.1177/001872088002200110 |pmid=7364449 |s2cid=45819006 }}
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