用机器学习预测个体时间感知变化方向,准确率超基准10个百分点。
Predicting change in time production -- A machine learning approach to time perception
- 基于自然视频刺激的在线实验数据,训练模型预测时间生产变化方向。
- 模型准确率达61%,比理论基线高10个百分点,且在新数据上表现稳定。
- 揭示了个体过往表现对时间感知变化的关键影响,可解释于注意力机制理论。
时间感知研究已取得显著进展,但仍有两个领域未被充分探索:(1)个体层面的时间感知定量分析;(2)生态化情境中的时间感知。本研究通过机器学习模型预测个体时间生产的变化方向。训练数据来自一个生态有效设置下的在线实验,995名参与者在无音频的自然视频刺激下完成时间生产任务。模型准确率达到61%,比基于认知理论的基线模型高出10个百分点。模型在另一项新实验数据上表现一致,验证了其泛化能力。模型输出分析还揭示了其包含时间生产变化幅度的信息。在群体和个体层面的分析表明,参与者以往的时间表现显著影响其未来变化方向。结合注意力门控理论与机器学习特征重要性分析,我们用认知理论解释了模型预测。该模型及发现对人机交互系统具有应用价值,有助于提升用户体验与任务表现。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Time perception research has advanced significantly over the years. However, some areas remain largely unexplored. This study addresses two such under-explored areas in timing research: (1) A quantitative analysis of time perception at an individual level, and (2) Time perception in an ecological setting. In this context, we trained a machine learning model to predict the direction of change in an individual's time production. The model's training data was collected using an ecologically valid setup. We moved closer to an ecological setting by conducting an online experiment with 995 participants performing a time production task that used naturalistic videos (no audio) as stimuli. The model achieved an accuracy of 61%. This was 10 percentage points higher than the baseline models derived from cognitive theories of timing. The model performed equally well on new data from a second experiment, providing evidence of its generalization capabilities. The model's output analysis revealed that it also contained information about the magnitude of change in time production. The predictions were further analysed at both population and individual level. It was found that a participant's previous timing performance played a significant role in determining the direction of change in time production. By integrating attentional-gate theories from timing research with feature importance techniques from machine learning, we explained model predictions using cognitive theories of timing. The model and findings from this study have potential applications in systems involving human-computer interactions where understanding and predicting changes in user's time perception can enable better user experience and task performance.
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