Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks

Perquin M, Heed T, Kayser C (2024)
Journal of Experimental Psychology : General.

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Any series of sensorimotor actions shows fluctuations in speed and accuracy from repetition to repetition, even when the sensory input and motor output requirements remain identical over time. Such fluctuations are particularly prominent in reaction time (RT) series from laboratory neurocognitive tasks. Despite their omnipresent nature, trial-to-trial fluctuations remain poorly understood. Here, we systematically analyzed RT series from various neurocognitive tasks, quantifying how much of the total trial-to-trial RT variance can be explained with general linear models (GLMs) by three sources of variability that are frequently investigated in behavioral and neuroscientific research: (1) experimental conditions, employed to induce systematic patterns in variability, (2) short-term temporal dependencies such as the autocorrelation between subsequent trials, and (3) long-term temporal trends over experimental blocks and sessions. Furthermore, we examined to what extent the explained variances by these sources are shared or unique. We analyzed 1913 unique RT series from 30 different cognitive control and perception-based tasks. On average, the three sources together explained ∼8%–17% of the total variance. The experimental conditions explained on average ∼2.5%–3.5% but did not share explained variance with temporal dependencies. Thus, the largest part of the trial-to-trial fluctuations in RT remained unexplained by these three sources. Unexplained fluctuations may take on nonlinear forms that are not picked up by GLMs. They may also be partially attributable to observable endogenous factors, such as fluctuations in brain activity and bodily states. Still, some extent of randomness may be a feature of the neurobiological system rather than just nuisance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Erscheinungsjahr
2024
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Experimental Psychology : General
eISSN
1939-2222
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https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2968154

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Perquin M, Heed T, Kayser C. Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General. 2024.
Perquin, M., Heed, T., & Kayser, C. (2024). Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001630
Perquin, Marlou, Heed, Tobias, and Kayser, Christoph. 2024. “Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks”. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General.
Perquin, M., Heed, T., and Kayser, C. (2024). Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General.
Perquin, M., Heed, T., & Kayser, C., 2024. Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General.
M. Perquin, T. Heed, and C. Kayser, “Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks”, Journal of Experimental Psychology : General, 2024.
Perquin, M., Heed, T., Kayser, C.: Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General. (2024).
Perquin, Marlou, Heed, Tobias, and Kayser, Christoph. “Variance (un)explained: Experimental conditions and temporal dependencies explain similarly small proportions of reaction time variability in linear models of perceptual and cognitive tasks”. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General (2024).

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