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Treffer: Restoring vigilance in multi-task scenarios: a comparison of meditation, exposure to nature, music, and action video games.

Title:
Restoring vigilance in multi-task scenarios: a comparison of meditation, exposure to nature, music, and action video games.
Authors:
Li X; Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China., Gao Q; Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China., Liu Y; Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Source:
Ergonomics [Ergonomics] 2026 Mar; Vol. 69 (3), pp. 486-510. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Mar 09.
Publication Type:
Journal Article; Comparative Study
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: Informa Healthcare Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0373220 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1366-5847 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00140139 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ergonomics Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):
Publication: London : Informa Healthcare
Original Publication: London, Taylor & Francis.
MeSH Terms:
Video Games*/psychology , Music*/psychology , Meditation*/psychology , Arousal* , Task Performance and Analysis* , Nature*, Rest/psychology ; Humans ; Male ; Female ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Executive Function ; Attention ; Emotions
Contributed Indexing:
Keywords: Vigilance; attention restoration; multitasking; rest; sustained attention
Local Abstract: [plain-language-summary] In complex systems, operators often perform multiple tasks over prolonged periods of time, and rest periods are provided between these periods. This study compared four types of rest activities in terms of their effects on mitigating possible performance decline and regulating task-induced emotional changes in this context.
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20250309 Date Completed: 20260218 Latest Revision: 20260218
Update Code:
20260218
DOI:
10.1080/00140139.2025.2468514
PMID:
40057946
Database:
MEDLINE

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This study aimed to investigate the cognitive mechanisms behind vigilance changes in multi-task scenarios. Moreover, we compared the effects of four types of rest activities, i.e. meditation, virtual exposure to nature, listening to music, playing an action video game (AVG), on mitigating possible performance decline and regulating task-induced emotional changes in complex multiple-source vigilance tasks. Results of a two-session experiment on fifty-six participants using the Multi-Attribute Task Battery-II (MATB-II) suggest that the participants' arousal levels increased with time-on-task in both sessions, and performance decrement was observed only in the second session. Mindlessness measures were associated with performance fluctuations. All types of rest led to significant performance improvement in the second session, with meditation having the largest effect and AVG having the smallest. Rest activities restore performance by improving executive control (meditation), reducing emotional activity (meditation and nature exposure), or boosting arousal (music).