Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

2021

DOI

10.1037/tms0000076

Publication Title

TMS Proceedings 2021

Pages

1 pp.

Conference Name

Technology, Mind, and Society 2021 Conference, November 3-5, 2021, Virtual, Online

Abstract

Modern technological environments integrate multiple devices, competing for limited attentional resources of users. This study aimed to validate the auditory stimuli used in Horrey et al. (2017) with a college student population and examine the psychological structure of task engagement. Thirty-nine students listened to thirty-nine auditory stimuli used in Horrey et al. (2017) for their level of engagement. Participants rated how interesting they found the material on a slider from -7 (boring) to 7 (interesting) while listening to each clip. Participants also rated levels of difficulty, entertainment, and likelihood to attend to each clip. Participants who rated high on difficulty, entertainment, and attention also rated higher interestingness scores than those with low ratings, suggesting that these are important constituents of perceived interestingness of the auditory clips. Results indicate complexity of the psychological structure of task engagement and importance of controlling these factors in auditory stimuli to manipulate engagement.

Rights

© 2021 American Psychological Association

Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Original Publication Citation

Zakharenko, H., Unverricht, J. R., & Yamani, Y. (2021, November 3). How interesting is this to you: Rating the interestingness of auditory clips. TMS Proceedings 2021. https://doi.org/10.1037/tms0000076

ORCID

0000-0001-8990-0010 (Yamani)

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