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Oosthuizen, Ilze; Picou, Erin M.; Pottas, Lidia; Myburgh, Hermanus Carel; Swanepoel, De Wet – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: It is not clear if behavioral indices of listening effort are sensitive to changes in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for young children (7-12 years old) from multilingual backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of SNR on listening effort in multilingual school-aged children (native English, nonnative English) as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Multilingualism
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Shirama, Aya; Kato, Nobumasa; Kashino, Makio – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Although superior visual search skills have been repeatedly reported for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, the underlying mechanisms remain controversial. To specify the locus where individuals with autism spectrum disorder excel in visual search, we compared the performance of autism spectrum disorder adults and healthy controls in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Perception, Adults
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McDonald, John J.; Green, Jessica J.; Jannati, Ali; Di Lollo, Vincent – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2013
The presence of a salient distractor interferes with visual search. According to the salience-driven selection hypothesis, this interference is because of an initial deployment of attention to the distractor. Three event-related potential (ERP) findings have been regarded as evidence for this hypothesis: (a) salient distractors were found to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Attention Control, Visual Perception, Theories
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Alluisi, Earl A.; Thurmond, John B. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Acoustics, Behavioral Science Research, Performance Factors, Reaction Time