Extended Visual Fixation in the Early Preschool Years: Look Duration, Heart Rate Changes, and Attentional Inertia.

Richards, John E.; Cronise, Kim

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ERIC Number: EJ611895

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Extended Visual Fixation in the Early Preschool Years: Look Duration, Heart Rate Changes, and Attentional Inertia.

Richards, John E.; Cronise, Kim

Child Development, v71 n3 p602-20 May-Jun 2000

Examined visual fixation in infants 6 months to 2 years old for fit with theory of attentional inertia. Found that fixations had lognormal distribution, heart rate decreased during a look, and heart rate returned to prestimulus levels immediately before look offset. Older children showed different looking patterns to two types of stimuli; younger responded similarly to the two types. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Attention Control, Attention Span, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior, Infants, Performance Factors, Theories, Toddlers, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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