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Peer reviewedSigman, Marian; Coles, Peter – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980
Eye movement and fixation responses of three- to six-year-old children and adults were recorded during a pattern recognition task. The results suggest that visual fixations do not always reflect active attention, and that direct fixations of visual information are clearly not sufficient and may not be necessary for problem solving. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements
