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Here, we compare the relative strength of evidence for both dual and dynamical systems models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants clicked on icons located in either expected (e.g., cart, top right) or unexpected (e.g., cart, top left) locations while mouse trajectories were continuously recorded. Trajectories were classified according to prototypes associated with each cognitive model. The dynamical systems model predicts curved trajectories, while the dual-systems model predicts straight and change of mind trajectories.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Trajectory classification revealed that curved trajectories increased (+11%), while straight and change of mind trajectories decreased (\u221212%) when target icons occurred in unexpected locations (p &lt; .001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Rather than employing a single cognitive strategy, users shift from a primarily dual-systems to dynamical systems strategy when icons occur in unexpected locations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Application<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Potential applications of this work include the assessment of cognitive impacts such as mental workload and cognitive conflict during real-time interaction with websites and other screen-based interfaces, personalization and adaptive interfaces based on an individual\u2019s cognitive strategy, and data-driven A\/B testing of alternative interface designs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/00187208221144875","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,14]],"date-time":"2022-12-14T23:50:19Z","timestamp":1671061819000},"page":"891-903","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Evidence for Shifting Cognitive Strategies when Icons Appear in Unexpected Locations"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"66","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9076-0596","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jonathan D.","family":"Ericson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"William S.","family":"Albert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA"},{"name":"Mach49, California, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1364-6613(99)01440-0"},{"key":"bibr2-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02699930903132496"},{"key":"bibr3-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3758\/BF03195938"},{"key":"bibr4-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0018720819831517"},{"key":"bibr5-00187208221144875","volume-title":"The diagnosis of self-efficacy using mouse and keyboard input","author":"Dijkstra M.","year":"2013"},{"key":"bibr6-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3758\/BF03203630"},{"key":"bibr7-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3758\/BRM.41.4.1149"},{"key":"bibr8-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10447318.2020.1808352"},{"key":"bibr9-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.psych.59.103006.093629"},{"key":"bibr10-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0096-1523.29.2.343"},{"key":"bibr64-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/h0055392"},{"key":"bibr65-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/h0045689"},{"key":"bibr11-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0963721417746793"},{"key":"bibr12-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3758\/BRM.42.1.226"},{"key":"bibr13-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3758\/s13428-012-0225-x"},{"key":"bibr14-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1745-6924.2009.01164.x"},{"key":"bibr15-00187208221144875","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1745-6924.2009.01164.x"},{"key":"bibr16-00187208221144875","first-page":"1634","volume":"2","author":"Grimes G. 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