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ERIC Number: EJ401225
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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A Developmental Study of Filtering in Visual Attention.
Enns, James T.; Akhtar, Nameera
Child Development, v60 n5 p1188-99 Oct 1989
Subjects of 4, 5, 7, and 20 years of age performed a speeded classification task designed to isolate sources of interference in visual selective attention. While subjects of all ages were unable to avoid processing distractors, older subjects were better able to inhibit distractor processing. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention, Children, Individual Development, Stimulus Generalization, Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Distraction; Response Competition; Stimulus Characteristics