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Schiff, Andrew R.; Knopf, Irwin J. – Child Development, 1985
In a study of the effect of task demands on attention allocation, 20 9-year-olds and 20 13-year-olds were presented with a primary and a secondary task. Subjects were instructed either to respond to the primary task or to respond to both tasks. Overall, findings indicate that ability to allocate attention in accordance with task demands improves…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Children, Preadolescents

Ross, Randal G.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
This study used saccadic eye movements to assess visuospatial attention in 53 normal children (ages 8-15). Saccadic latency, the ability to suppress extraneous saccades during fixation, and the ability to inhibit task-provoked anticipatory saccades all improved with age. Developmental patterns varied by task. Analyses of age-related changes may be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attention, Attention Control

Tharpe, Anne Marie; Ashmead, Daniel H.; Rothpletz, Ann M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
This study compared visual attention in 18 prelingually deaf children (half with cochlear implants and half with hearing aids) and 10 normal hearing children. Unlike previous studies, children in all three groups performed similarly on a continuous-performance visual attention task and on a letter cancellation task. Only age and nonverbal…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Children, Cochlear Implants

Lorch, Elizabeth Pugzles; Horn, Donna G. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Tests the hypothesis that habituation of attention to irrelevant information can account for within-task improvement in selective attention--that children who are preexposed to stimuli that will later be irrelevant in a speeded classification task will experience less interference than children not given the opportunity to habituate. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Classification, Elementary Education

Bakeman, Roger; Adamson, Lauren B. – Child Development, 1984
In a longitudinal study, infants 6 to 18 months of age were observed in their homes playing with their mothers and with peers to determine how they coordinated attention to people and objects. Person engagement declined with age, while coordinated joint engagement increased; both passive and coordinated joint engagement were much more likely when…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Infant Behavior, Infants

Arlin, Marshall – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Describes two experiments that examined the effects of quantity and depth of processing on elementary school children's time perception. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
O'Laughlin, Elizabeth M.; Cerny, Jerome A.; Kirby, Edward A. – 2000
The percent and characteristics of children who produced invalid profiles on two different continuous performance tests (CPTs) tasks were examined. Sixty-one children referred for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment and 24 non-clinical control children (all children ages 5-16) were given the Test of Variables of Attention…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Auditory Perception