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Thesis - Instituto de Telecomunicações

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B.5. CONCENTRATION TEST 157Description. The discovery test is based on the presentation of a <strong>de</strong>tail from an animalsilhouette, requesting the subject to discover which is the <strong>de</strong>picted animal. The subjectshould write the animal’s name in a text box at the bottom of the web page. The animal<strong>de</strong>tail is hid<strong>de</strong>n and requires user interaction in or<strong>de</strong>r to move the mouse and uncover it.Goals. The purpose of the test is to promote a discovery episo<strong>de</strong> in the reasoning processof the subject. The test requires an abstract thinking process in or<strong>de</strong>r to <strong>de</strong>duce the possibleanimal, while searching for the animal <strong>de</strong>tails. The inten<strong>de</strong>d objective is to provoke theeureka effect or the Ah effect also found in the scientific discovery process.Gui<strong>de</strong>.A <strong>de</strong>tail from an animal is shown on the top. Type the corresponding animalname in the input box. Several tests will follow.Game Generation. The test questions are a set of pre-or<strong>de</strong>red images, created specificallyfor this test. The images contains an animal <strong>de</strong>tail, that uniquely i<strong>de</strong>ntifies thatanimal.Level.presented.The level is associated with the number of questions, i.e. the number of imagesRecor<strong>de</strong>d Data Format.# [shown image] 1133884710715# crocodile# [answer] 1133884718805# crocodile# [shown image] 1133884721319# pig# [answer] 1133884730451# snake...

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