Evidence for negative priming in children: Identity-based negative priming effects in typically developing children - Couverture souple

Pritchard, Verena

 
9783838318066: Evidence for negative priming in children: Identity-based negative priming effects in typically developing children
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838318064 ISBN 13 : 9783838318066
Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Ignoring information successfully has consequences, such that responses are slowed to target stimuli recently ignored as distractors. Termed negative priming, this effect is believed to mark the after effect of an inhibitory component of selective attention. Consistently observed in adults, evidence for negative priming in children is tenuous. In this study, it was argued that distractor inhibition in children may be more likely to appear in contexts where anticipated selection difficulty is thoroughly and consistently maintained. Results from three experiments examining negative priming effects in children aged 5 to 12 years were consistent with this hypothesis. Intact negative priming was observed in even the youngest children, with no age- related differences apparent. Moreover, and similar to adults, negative priming was produced for a range of stimuli including familiar, novel and 3-D impossibly shaped items. Some evidence for long-term negative priming effects was also obtained for the oldest children. To conclude, the present study provides compelling evidence to indicate that the inhibitory component of selective attention matures early.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Ignoring information successfully has consequences, such that responses are slowed to target stimuli recently ignored as distractors. Termed negative priming, this effect is believed to mark the after effect of an inhibitory component of selective attention. Consistently observed in adults, evidence for negative priming in children is tenuous. In this study, it was argued that distractor inhibition in children may be more likely to appear in contexts where anticipated selection difficulty is thoroughly and consistently maintained. Results from three experiments examining negative priming effects in children aged 5 to 12 years were consistent with this hypothesis. Intact negative priming was observed in even the youngest children, with no age- related differences apparent. Moreover, and similar to adults, negative priming was produced for a range of stimuli including familiar, novel and 3-D impossibly shaped items. Some evidence for long-term negative priming effects was also obtained for the oldest children. To conclude, the present study provides compelling evidence to indicate that the inhibitory component of selective attention matures early.

Biographie de l'auteur

Verena E. Pritchard, MSc(hons) PhD: Awarded the 2006 Canterbury Medical Research Foundation Child Health Fellowship, and with research interests in cognitive and developmental psychology, Dr Pritchard is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Éditeur
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838318064
ISBN 13 
9783838318066
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
92
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