Can't Ignore--Distraction by Task-Irrelevant Sounds in Early and Middle Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Wetzel, Nicole; Scharf, Florian; Widmann, Andreas
Titel	Can't Ignore--Distraction by Task-Irrelevant Sounds in Early and Middle Childhood
Quelle	In: Child Development, 90 (2019) 6, (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13109
Schlagwörter	Attention Control; Auditory Stimuli; Visual Stimuli; Task Analysis; Classification; Preschool Children; Age Differences; Age Groups; Child Development; Developmental Stages; Reaction Time + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufmerksamkeitstest; Auditive Stimulation; Aufgabenanalyse; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Age grop; Altersgruppe; Kindesentwicklung; Reaktionsvermögen
Abstract	Attention control abilities are relevant for learning success. Little is known about the development of audio-visual attention in early childhood. Four groups of children between the ages of 4 and 10 years and adults performed an audio-visual distraction paradigm (N = 106). Multilevel analyses revealed increased reaction times in a visual categorization task when task-irrelevant novel sounds were presented, demonstrating involuntary distraction of attention. This distraction effect decreased with age and significantly differed between age groups. In addition, the two youngest age groups responded with a delay in trials following a distractor trial, indicating delayed reallocation of attention to the task at hand. Results indicate a significant maturation of audio-visual attention control within a few years during early childhood that continues throughout middle childhood. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01