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Can animation compensate for temporal processing difficulties in deaf people?
Author(s) -
Laurent Sébastien,
Boucheix JeanMichel,
Argon Stéphane,
HidalgoMuñoz Antonio R.,
PaireFicout Laurence
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.3617
Subject(s) - animation , overtaking , psychology , task (project management) , cognitive psychology , negotiation , computer science , human–computer interaction , transport engineering , engineering , computer graphics (images) , systems engineering , law , political science
Summary This article addresses the issue of animation as an aid for temporal processing difficulties in deaf people learning the Highway Code. A decision‐making task involving static or animated road situations was performed by 21 deaf and 24 hearing participants. They were confronted with four types of driving situations (overtaking, negotiating roundabouts, highways, and intersections) and had to decide whether or not to proceed. Participants were presented with two different formats (static vs. animated) and two levels of difficulty (simple vs. complex). Results showed that deaf participants had poorer performances in the static condition than hearing participants. Performance was better in the animated condition than in the static condition, especially in deaf participants. The benefits of animation were greater in complex situations for all participants. Decisions made on dynamic road situations were facilitated by the presence of spatiotemporal dimensions. These proved helpful to deaf candidates who have difficulties in this particular area.