ERIC Number: EJ1425838
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1524-8372
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7647
Age-Related Changes in Search Strategies in a Cancellation Task from Childhood to Adolescence
Journal of Cognition and Development, v25 n3 p373-385 2024
Children are limited in visual search accuracy and this ability increases from childhood to adolescence. Developmental limitations in visual search could be related to children's difficulties in efficiently planning and executing their search, often assessed with cancellation tasks. However, few studies have examined age-related changes in visual search strategies. In the present study, 135 French participants between the ages of 7 to 16 years performed a complex cancellation task. Results showed that the participants improved not only in visual search accuracy and speed with age, but they also organized better their visual search as they got older. Moreover, this improvement seemed linear from age 7 to age 16, suggesting that visual search strategies still improve during adolescence. This finding may be linked to the maturation of specific cerebral networks and opens new perspectives for future studies to better understand visual search processes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Children, Search Strategies, Visual Learning, Nonverbal Tests, Cognitive Development, Age Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France
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