Effects of Aging on the Selection of Perceptual Load
Keywords:
Visual attention, Perceptual load, Age differencesAbstract
Some studies suggest the existence of distinct maturation moments of the attentional system. This study investigated the selection patterns of visual information through a perceptual load task performed by three age groups: children, adults and elderly people. In general, the obtained results indicate a decrease of the efficiency in the process of information selection under low perceptual load in the group of elderly people, and a decrease of the selection efficiency under conditions of high and low perceptual load in the group composed by children. The results suggest the existence of specific patterns in the selection of visual information in relation to age and the perceptual load to be processed by the visual system.
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Cerella, J. (1985). Information processing rates in the elderly. Psychological Bulletin, 98, 1, 67-83.
Deutsch, J. A., & Deutsch, D. (1963). Attention: Some theoretical considerations. Psychological Review, 70, 80-90.
Hasher, L., & Zacks, R. T. (1988). Working memory, comprehension, and aging: A review and a new view. In G, H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation, 22, 193-225.
Huang-Pollock, C. L., Carr, T. H., & Nigg, J. T. (2002). Development of selective attention: Perceptual load influences early versus late attentional selection in children and adults. Developmental Psychology, 38, 363”“375.
Lavie, N. (1995). Perceptual load as a necessary condition for selective attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21, 451”“468.
Lavie, N., & Cox, S. (1997). On the efficiency of visual selective attention: Efficient visual search leads to inefficient distractor rejection. Psychological Science, 8, 395-398.
Lavie, N., & Tsal, Y. (1994). Perceptual load as a major determinant of the locus of selection in visual attention. Perception & Psychophysics, 56, 183-197.
Maylor, E. A., & Lavie, N. (1998). The influence of perceptual load on age differences in selective attention. Psychology and Aging, 13, 563-573
Pesce, C., Guidetti, L., Baldari, C., Tessitore, A., & Capranica, L. (2005). Effects of aging on visual attentional focusing. Gerontology, 51, 266-276.
Plude, D. J, Enns, J. T., & Broudeur, D. (1994) The development of selective attention: A life-span overview. Acta Psychologica, 86, 227-272.
Salthouse, T. A. (1996). The processing-speed theory of adult age differences in psychological cognition. Review Copyright, 103, 403-428.
Schneider, W., Eschman, A. & Zuccoloto, A. (2007). (Software) E-prime 2.0. Psychological Software Inc.
Treisman, A. M. (1964). Selective attention in man. British Medical Bulletin, 20, 12-16.
West, R. (1996). An application of prefrontal cortex function theory to cognitive aging. Psychological Bulletin, 120, 272-292.
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2011-07-13
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Coelho, V., & Rossini, J. C. (2011). Effects of Aging on the Selection of Perceptual Load. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 27(2), 131–138. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17516
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