Is Susceptibility to Distraction Related to Mental Ability?.

Aks, Deborah J.; Coren, Stanley

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ERIC Number: EJ442333

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Publication Date: 1990

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Is Susceptibility to Distraction Related to Mental Ability?

Aks, Deborah J.; Coren, Stanley

Journal of Educational Psychology, v82 n2 p388-90 Jun 1990

To assess the effects of individual attentional focus differences on measures of mental skills, distractibility was studied for 272 first- and second-year college undergraduates through a speeded visual search task and tests of mental and verbal ability. Results suggest that perceptual/attentional factors are an important aspect of measured intelligence. (SLD)

Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Ability, Higher Education, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Perception, Undergraduate Students, Verbal Ability

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Differential Aptitude Test

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