Shared Searching data from Experiment 2 in the manuscript "The Importance of Search Strategy for Finding Targets in Open Terrain".

Shared Searching data from Experiment 2 in the manuscript "The Importance of Search Strategy for Finding Targets in Open Terrain".
Abstract:
Some real world search tasks (i.e., IED detection)
require searchers to search exhaustively across open ground. In the present
study we simulated this problem by asking individuals (Experiment 1) and dyads (Experiment
2) to search for coin targets pseudo-randomly located in a bounded area of open
grassland terrain. In Experiment 1, accuracy, search time and the route for
searching were measured. Participants tended to use an ‘S’ shaped pattern with
a common width of search lane. Increased accuracy was associated with slower,
but also variable search speed. In Experiment 2, accuracy, search time, and the
search strategy used by dyads was measured. While dyads were more accurate than
individuals, dyads that opted to conduct two independent searches were more
accurate than those who opted to split the search space. The implications of
these results for individuals and pairs when searching for targets in open space
are discussed.