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Title: Development of Attentional Control of Verbal Auditory Perception from Middle to Late Childhood: Comparisons to Healthy Aging
Language: English
Authors: Passow, Susanne, Müller, Maike, Westerhausen, René, Hugdahl, Kenneth, Wartenburger, Isabell, Heekeren, Hauke R., Lindenberger, Ulman, Li, Shu-Chen
Source: Developmental Psychology. Oct 2013 49(10):1982-1993.
Availability: American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Attention Control, Auditory Perception, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Aging (Individuals), Listening, Age Differences, Individual Development, Older Adults, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Germany
DOI: 10.1037/a0031207
ISSN: 0012-1649
Abstract: Multitalker situations confront listeners with a plethora of competing auditory inputs, and hence require selective attention to relevant information, especially when the perceptual saliency of distracting inputs is high. This study augmented the classical forced-attention dichotic listening paradigm by adding an interaural intensity manipulation to investigate developmental differences in the interplay between perceptual saliency and attentional control during auditory processing between early and middle childhood. We found that older children were able to flexibly focus on instructed auditory inputs from either the right or the left ear, overcoming the effects of perceptual saliency. In contrast, younger children implemented their attentional focus less efficiently. Direct comparisons of the present data with data from a recently published study of younger and older adults from our group suggest that younger children and older adults show similar levels of performance. Critically, follow-up comparisons revealed that younger children's performance restrictions reflect difficulties in attentional control only, whereas older adults' performance deficits also reflect an exaggerated reliance on perceptual saliency. We conclude that auditory attentional control improves considerably from middle to late childhood and that auditory attention deficits in healthy aging cannot be reduced to a simple reversal of child developmental improvements.
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Number of References: 59
Entry Date: 2015
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