Faubert Laboratory, School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Neuroreport. 2022 Aug 2;33(12):504-508. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001807. Epub 2022 Jul 5.
3-dimensional multiple object tracking (3D-MOT) and the useful field of view (UFOV) both claim to measure and train cognitive abilities, such as selective and divided attention implicated in driving safety. 3D-MOT is claimed to improve even young adult cognitive ability. If true, one would expect to observe the transfer of 3D-MOT training to UFOV performance mediated by way of shared underlying cognitive mechanisms.
We test this notion by assessing whether ten 30-min sessions of 3D-MOT training spread across 5 weeks improves UFOV performance relative to an active control group trained on a visual task and a challenging puzzle game (participants aged between 23 and 33 years old).
The 3D-MOT training group exhibited significantly improved UFOV performance whereas the active control group exhibited only a small, statistically nonsignificant improvement in the task.
This suggests that 3D-MOT and UFOV performance are likely dependent on overlapping cognitive abilities and helps support the assertion that these abilities can be trained and measured even in young adults. Such training could have implications for improving driver safety in both young and older adults.
三维多目标跟踪（3D-MOT）和有用视野（UFOV）都声称可以测量和训练认知能力，例如选择性和分散注意力，这些能力与驾驶安全有关。据称，3D-MOT 甚至可以提高年轻成年人的认知能力。如果这是真的，人们会期望观察到 3D-MOT 训练通过共享的潜在认知机制转移到 UFOV 表现。
我们通过评估在 5 周内进行 10 次 30 分钟的 3D-MOT 训练是否可以提高 UFOV 表现，相对于在视觉任务和挑战性拼图游戏上进行训练的主动对照组来检验这一观点（参与者年龄在 23 到 33 岁之间）。
3D-MOT 训练组在 UFOV 任务上的表现明显提高，而主动对照组在该任务上仅表现出微小的、统计学上无显著意义的提高。
这表明 3D-MOT 和 UFOV 表现可能依赖于重叠的认知能力，并有助于支持这些能力即使在年轻成年人中也可以被训练和测量的说法。这种训练可能对提高年轻和年长成年人的驾驶安全性有影响。
