Attentional Predictors of 5‐month‐olds' Performance on a Looking A‐not‐B Task†. Issue 4 (15th August 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Attentional Predictors of 5‐month‐olds' Performance on a Looking A‐not‐B Task†. Issue 4 (15th August 2015)
- Main Title:
- Attentional Predictors of 5‐month‐olds' Performance on a Looking A‐not‐B Task†
- Authors:
- Marcovitch, Stuart
Clearfield, Melissa W.
Swingler, Margaret
Calkins, Susan D.
Bell, Martha Ann - Abstract:
- Abstract : In the first year of life, the ability to search for hidden objects is an indicator of object permanence and, when multiple locations are involved, executive function (i.e. inhibition, cognitive flexibility and working memory). The current study was designed to examine attentional predictors of search in 5‐month‐old infants (as measured by the looking A‐not‐B task), and whether levels of maternal education moderated the effect of the predictors. Specifically, in a separate task, the infants were shown a unique puppet, and we measured the percentage of time attending to the puppet, as well as the length of the longest look (i.e., peak fixation) directed towards the puppet. Across the entire sample ( N = 390), the percentage of time attending to the puppet was positively related to performance on the visual A‐not‐B task. However, for infants whose mothers had not completed college, having a shorter peak looking time (after controlling for percentage of time) was also a predictor of visual A‐not‐B performance. The role of attention, peak fixation and maternal education in visual search is discussed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Is Part Of:
- Infant and child development. Volume 25:Issue 4(2016:Jul./Aug.)
- Journal:
- Infant and child development
- Issue:
- Volume 25:Issue 4(2016:Jul./Aug.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 25, Issue 4 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0025-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 233
- Page End:
- 246
- Publication Date:
- 2015-08-15
- Subjects:
- object permanence -- looking A‐not‐B -- sustained attention -- peak fixation -- low maternal education
Child development -- Periodicals
Child psychology -- Periodicals
Parenting -- Periodicals
Child rearing -- Periodicals
155.405 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1002/icd.1931 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1522-7227
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