Don't get misdirected! Differences in overt and covert attentional inhibition between children and adults
| Autor: | Gustav Kuhn, Robert Teszka |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Aging Adolescent Eye Movements Physiology Full view Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Context (language use) Attentional inhibition 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Orientation Physiology (medical) Distraction Humans Attention 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences General Psychology 05 social sciences Attentional control Eye movement Cognition General Medicine Middle Aged Inhibition Psychological Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Covert Space Perception Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| ISSN: | 1747-0218 |
| Popis: | Previous research has revealed marked improvements in cognitive control between the age of 10 years and adulthood. The aim of the current study was to explore differences in attentional control between adults and children within a natural context, namely whilst they were watching a magic trick. We measured participants' eye movements whilst they watched a misdirection trick in which attentional misdirection was used to prevent observers from noticing a salient visual event. Half of our participants failed to detect this event even though it took place in full view. Children below the age of 10 were significantly less likely to notice the event than the adults and were also more reliably overtly misdirected (i.e., where they looked). Our results illustrate that within a more naturalistic context children are significantly more distracted than adults, and this distraction can have major implications on their visual awareness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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