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dc.contributor.authorLawrence, Rebecca K
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Mark
dc.contributor.authorGoodhew, Stephanie C
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-11T23:15:21Z
dc.date.available2020-08-11T23:15:21Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0001-6918
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.06.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/396433
dc.description.abstractSpatial attention is a necessary cognitive process, allowing for the direction of limited capacity resources to varying locations in the visual field for improved visual processing. Thus, understanding how ageing influences these processes is vital. The current study explored the relationship between the spatial spread of attention and healthy ageing using an inhibition of return task to tap visual attention processing. This task allowed us to measure the spatial distribution of inhibition, and thus acted as a marker for attentional spread. Past research has indicated minimal age differences in inhibitory spread. However, these studies used placeholder stimuli, which may have restricted the range over which age differences could be reliably measured. To address this, in Experiment One, we measured the relationship between the spatial spread of inhibition and healthy ageing using a method which did not employ placeholders. In contrast to past research, an age difference in inhibitory spread was observed, where in comparison to younger adults, older adults exhibited a relatively restricted spread of attention. Experiment Two then confirmed these findings, by directly comparing inhibitory spread for placeholder present and placeholder absent conditions, across younger and older adults. Again, it was found that age differences in inhibitory spread emerged, but only in the placeholder absent condition. Possible reasons for the observed age differences in attention are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom188
dc.relation.ispartofpageto199
dc.relation.ispartofjournalActa Psychologica
dc.relation.ispartofvolume188
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleChanges in the spatial spread of attention with ageing
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLawrence, RK; Edwards, M; Goodhew, SC, Changes in the spatial spread of attention with ageing, Acta Psychologica, 2018, 188, pp. 188-199
dc.date.updated2020-08-11T22:12:44Z
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gro.griffith.authorLawrence, Rebecca K.


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