Impact of Focus of Attention on Aiming Performance in the First-Person Shooter Videogame Aim Lab: Dataset.xlsx

Full and refined (used for analysis) dataset of aiming performance in a First Person Shooter (FPS) game scenario in Aim Lab in two Focus of Attention (FoA) conditions (internal and external) and participant demographic information. Demographic data includes: A: Participant B: Age C: Gender D: Recent alcohol use E: Recent psychoactive substance use F: Normal or corrected to normal eyesight G: Right Handedness H: FPS game experience (two groups: 200-1000hours, >1000hours) I: FPS game experience unrefined (three groups: 200-1000hours, 1001-3000hours, >3000hours) J: Cursor sensitivity (cm/360°) Performance data includes: External Condition (columns K-O) K: Total kills L: Total shots M: Kills Per Second (KPS) N: Accuracy (%) O: Composite score. Internal Condition (columns P-T) P: Total kills Q: Total shots R: Kills Per Second (KPS) S: Accuracy (%) T: Composite score. Combined AF: FoA effect (External Condition Composite score (column O) - Internal Condition Composite score (T) FoA data (on 5 point Likert scale): External Condition U: External Condition-internal FoA score V: External Condition-external FoA score Z: External Condition (external FoA score) - External Condition (internal FoA score) Internal Condition W: Internal Condition-internal FoA score X: Internal Condition-external FoA score Y: Internal Condition (external FoA score) - Internal Condition (internal FoA score) Additional FoA information Note: a positive value represents an overall external FoA was used, a negative value represents an overall internal FoA was used AC: Overall FoA for the external condition (Ext-ext - Ext-int), AD: Overall FoA for internal condition (Int-ext - Int-int) AE: Overall FoA used across both conditions (measures the overall tendency to adopt either an internal or external FoA, a value of 0 indicates no tendency) ->calculated by adding values from columns AC and AD Additional Data: AA: Inclusion (passing the post-manipulation check) AB: Order of task presented