Heart Rate-Defined Phases of Attention, Look Duration, and Infant Performance in the Paired-Comparison Paradigm.

Colombo, John; Richman, W. Allen; Shaddy, D. Jill; Greenhoot, Andrea Follmer; Maikranz, Julie M.

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ERIC Number: EJ645847

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Publication Date: 2001

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Heart Rate-Defined Phases of Attention, Look Duration, and Infant Performance in the Paired-Comparison Paradigm.

Colombo, John; Richman, W. Allen; Shaddy, D. Jill; Greenhoot, Andrea Follmer; Maikranz, Julie M.

Child Development, v72 n6 p1605-16 Nov-Dec 2001

Presented paired-comparison familiarization-novelty recognition task to 4-month-olds. Found that peak look duration during pretest and familiarization periods predicted recognition performance. Recognition was unaffected by choice-trial length. Longer gaze durations during pretest and familiarization were associated with more time in heart rate-defined sustained attention and attention termination (AT). Only individual differences in AT accounted for significant variance in recognition memory. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Attention, Heart Rate, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants, Memory, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Performance Factors, Recognition (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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