Attentional Predictors of 5-Month-Olds' Performance on a Looking A-Not-B Task

Autor/inn/en	Marcovitch, Stuart; Clearfield, Melissa W.; Swingler, Margaret; Calkins, Susan D.; Bell, Martha Ann
Titel	Attentional Predictors of 5-Month-Olds' Performance on a Looking A-Not-B Task
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 25 (2016) 4, S.233-246 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.1931
Schlagwörter	Infants; Attention Control; Puppetry; Performance; Task Analysis; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Eye Movements; Object Permanence; Executive Function; Predictor Variables; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Puppenspiel; Achievement; Leistung; Aufgabenanalyse; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Augenbewegung; Objektpermanenz; Prädiktor; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	In the first year of life, the ability to search for hidden objects is an indicator of object permanence and, when multiple locations are involved, executive function (i.e. inhibition, cognitive flexibility and working memory). The current study was designed to examine attentional predictors of search in 5-month-old infants (as measured by the looking A-not-B task), and whether levels of maternal education moderated the effect of the predictors. Specifically, in a separate task, the infants were shown a unique puppet, and we measured the percentage of time attending to the puppet, as well as the length of the longest look (i.e., peak fixation) directed towards the puppet. Across the entire sample (N = 390), the percentage of time attending to the puppet was positively related to performance on the visual A-not-B task. However, for infants whose mothers had not completed college, having a shorter peak looking time (after controlling for percentage of time) was also a predictor of visual A-not-B performance. The role of attention, peak fixation and maternal education in visual search is discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01