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A Developmental Study of Filtering in Visual Attention.
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Enns, James T.; Akhtar, Nameera – Child Development, 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