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The Role of Executive Control of Attention and Selective Encoding for Preschoolers' Learning

✍ Scribed by Thomas Roderer; Saskia Krebs; Corinne Schmid; Claudia M. Roebers

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 187 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 1522-7227
DOI: 10.1002/icd.738

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✦ Synopsis

Selectivity in encoding, aspects of attentional control and their contribution to learning performance were explored in a sample of preschoolers. While the children are performing a learning task, their encoding of relevant and attention towards irrelevant information was recorded through an eye‐tracking device. Recognition of target items was used as measure of learning outcome, and individual differences in resistance to interference and inhibition of attention to task‐irrelevant stimuli (i.e. distractibility) were used as measures of executive control of attention. Results indicated well‐developed selectivity during encoding in young children. Recognition performance was related to selective encoding and aspects of attentional control, explaining individual differences in learning. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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