The Role of Stimulus Novelty on Children's Inflexible Dimensional Switching.
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| Title: | The Role of Stimulus Novelty on Children's Inflexible Dimensional Switching. |
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| Authors: | Jowkar‐Baniani, Gelareh, Schmuckler, Mark A. |
| Source: | Child Development. Jul/Aug2014, Vol. 85 Issue 4, p1373-1384. 12p. 3 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: | Dimensional preference, Adaptability (Personality) in children, Child development, Child psychology, Attention, Cognitive development, Novelty (Perception) |
| Abstract: | Children's ability to flexibly shift attention between different representational schemes was investigated using the dimensional change card sorting task. Across three experiments ( N = 56 three-year-olds and N = 40 four-year-olds in [Experiment]; N = 14 three-year-olds in [Experiment]; and N = 14 three-year-olds in [Experiment]) the role of perceptual information on children's cognitive flexibility was investigated by manipulating different aspects of the task materials between pre- and postswitch phases. Better performance was observed when either task-relevant (the color or shape of the images on the cards) or task-irrelevant information (the background color or shape of the actual cards) was changed, with this improvement occurring when the changes were salient enough to induce a stimulus novelty effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Children's ability to flexibly shift attention between different representational schemes was investigated using the dimensional change card sorting task. Across three experiments ( N = 56 three-year-olds and N = 40 four-year-olds in [Experiment]; N = 14 three-year-olds in [Experiment]; and N = 14 three-year-olds in [Experiment]) the role of perceptual information on children's cognitive flexibility was investigated by manipulating different aspects of the task materials between pre- and postswitch phases. Better performance was observed when either task-relevant (the color or shape of the images on the cards) or task-irrelevant information (the background color or shape of the actual cards) was changed, with this improvement occurring when the changes were salient enough to induce a stimulus novelty effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00093920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.12212 |
