The Development of Attention to Objects and Scenes: From Object‐Biased to Unbiased.
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| Title: | The Development of Attention to Objects and Scenes: From Object‐Biased to Unbiased. |
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| Authors: | Darby, Kevin P. (AUTHOR), Deng, Sophia W. (AUTHOR), Walther, Dirk B. (AUTHOR), Sloutsky, Vladimir M. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Child Development. May/Jun2021, Vol. 92 Issue 3, p1173-1186. 14p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 2 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Selectivity (Psychology), Child development, Attention research, Child development research, Goal (Psychology) |
| Abstract: | Selective attention is the ability to focus on goal‐relevant information while filtering out irrelevant information. This work examined the development of selective attention to natural scenes and objects with a rapid serial visual presentation paradigm. Children (N = 69, ages 4–6 years) and adults (N = 80) were asked to attend to either objects or scenes, while ignoring the other type of stimulus. A multinomial processing tree model was used to decompose selective attention into focusing and filtering components. The results suggest that attention is object‐biased in children, due to difficulty filtering attention to goal‐irrelevant objects, whereas attention in adults is relatively unbiased. The findings suggest important developmental asymmetries in selective attention to scenes and objects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Selective attention is the ability to focus on goal‐relevant information while filtering out irrelevant information. This work examined the development of selective attention to natural scenes and objects with a rapid serial visual presentation paradigm. Children (N = 69, ages 4–6 years) and adults (N = 80) were asked to attend to either objects or scenes, while ignoring the other type of stimulus. A multinomial processing tree model was used to decompose selective attention into focusing and filtering components. The results suggest that attention is object‐biased in children, due to difficulty filtering attention to goal‐irrelevant objects, whereas attention in adults is relatively unbiased. The findings suggest important developmental asymmetries in selective attention to scenes and objects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00093920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.13469 |
