Visual scanning during pattern recognition in children and adults |
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Authors: | Marian Sigman Peter Coles |
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Institution: | UCLA Medical School USA;Oxford University UK |
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Abstract: | Eye movement and fixation responses of 3- to 6-year-old children and adults were recorded during a pattern recognition task. During familiarization, fixations were more repetitive and less extensive for older subjects. The fixation patterns of older children who were consistently able to solve the recognition problems were like those of the adults. Unsuccessful 4- to 6-year-olds spent more time fixating the modified area of the nonstandard pattern presented in paired comparison with the standard, even though their final decision was false. Thus, preschool children were able to locate relevant visual information even when they did not use this information to solve tasks. The results suggest that visual fixations do not always reflect active attention, and that direct fixations of visual information are clearly not sufficient and may not be necessary for problem solving. |
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Keywords: | Address reprint requests to Dr Marian Sigman Department of Psychiatry UCLA School of Medicine 760 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles CA 90024 |
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