Visual processing speeds in children
Journal article
Authors | Maratos, Frances A. and Croker, Steve |
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Abstract | The aim of this study was to investigate visual processing speeds in children. A rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) task with schematic faces as stimuli was given to ninety-nine 6–10-year-old children as well as a short form of the WISC-III. Participants were asked to determine whether a happy face stimulus was embedded in a stream of distracter stimuli. Presentation time was gradually reduced from 500 ms per stimulus to 100 ms per stimulus, in 50 ms steps. The data revealed that (i) RSVP speed increases with age, (ii) children aged 8 years and over can discriminate stimuli presented every 100 ms—the speed typically used with RSVP procedures in adult and adolescent populations, and (iii) RSVP speed is significantly correlated with digit span and object assembly. In consequence, the RSVP paradigm presented here is appropriate for use in further investigations of processes of temporal attention within this cohort. |
Keywords | Visual processing speeds; Child development; RSVP; WISC |
Year | 2011 |
Journal | Child Development Research |
Publisher | Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
ISSN | 2090-3987 |
2090-3995 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/450178 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/595921 |
hdl:10545/595921 | |
Publication dates | Mar 2011 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 09 Feb 2016, 10:22 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Child Development Research |
Contributors | University of Derby |
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