Age-related preservation of top-down attentional guidance during visual search.
Published
Journal Article
Younger (19-27 years of age) and older (60-82 years of age) adults performed a letter search task in which a color singleton was either noninformative (baseline condition) or highly informative (guided condition) regarding target location. In the guided condition, both age groups exhibited a substantial decrease in response time (RT) to singleton targets, relative to the baseline condition, as well as an increase in RT to nonsingleton targets. The authors conclude that under conditions that equate the physical structure of individual displays, top-down attentional guidance can be at least as effective for older adults as for younger adults.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Madden, DJ; Whiting, WL; Cabeza, R; Huettel, SA
Published Date
- June 2004
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 19 / 2
Start / End Page
- 304 - 309
PubMed ID
- 15222823
Pubmed Central ID
- 15222823
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0882-7974
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1037/0882-7974.19.2.304
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States