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Frischen, Alexandra; Loach, Daniel; Tipper, Steven P. – Cognition, 2009
Selective attention is usually considered an egocentric mechanism, biasing sensory information based on its behavioural relevance to oneself. This study provides evidence for an equivalent allocentric mechanism that allows passive observers to selectively attend to information from the perspective of another person. In a negative priming task,…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention, Observation, Perspective Taking
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Shelton, Amy L.; McNamara, Timothy P. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2004
Three experiments investigated the role of egocentric orientation in subsequent memory for layouts learned via route (ground-level) and survey (aerial or overview) perspectives. Participants learned virtual environments from text descriptions (Experiment 1) or visual presentation (Experiments 1-3). In all experiments, scene recognition for route…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Recognition (Psychology), Visual Perception, Perspective Taking
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Farrant, Brad M.; Fletcher, Janet; Maybery, Murray T. – Child Development, 2006
Recent research has found that the acquisition of theory of mind (ToM) is delayed in children with specific language impairment (SLI). The present study used a battery of ToM and visual perspective taking (VPT) tasks to investigate whether the delayed acquisition of ToM in children with SLI is associated with delayed VPT development. Harris'…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Cognitive Ability, Perspective Taking, Visual Perception