TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of task-irrelevant onset distractors on the visual search performance of young and old adults
AU - Cassavaugh, Nicholas D.
AU - Kramer, Arthur F.
AU - Irwin, David E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging (AG14966). We would like to thank Shawn Bolin for his assistance in running participants.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/3
Y1 - 2003/3
N2 - We examined potential age-related differences in attentional and oculomotor capture by single and multiple abrupt onsets in a singleton search paradigm. Participants were instructed to move their eyes as quickly as possible to a color singleton target and to identify a small letter located inside it. Either single or dual onset task-irrelevant distractors were presented simultaneously with the color change that defined the target, or one onset distractor was presented prior to and another onset distractor was presented during the participant's initial eye movement away from fixation. Young and old adults misdirected their eyes to the single and dual onset task-irrelevant distractors, on an equivalent proportion of trials, relative to control trials. However, older adults' saccade latencies and RTs were influenced to a greater extent by onsets compared to younger adults'. These data are discussed in terms of age-related differences in attentional control and oculomotor capture.
AB - We examined potential age-related differences in attentional and oculomotor capture by single and multiple abrupt onsets in a singleton search paradigm. Participants were instructed to move their eyes as quickly as possible to a color singleton target and to identify a small letter located inside it. Either single or dual onset task-irrelevant distractors were presented simultaneously with the color change that defined the target, or one onset distractor was presented prior to and another onset distractor was presented during the participant's initial eye movement away from fixation. Young and old adults misdirected their eyes to the single and dual onset task-irrelevant distractors, on an equivalent proportion of trials, relative to control trials. However, older adults' saccade latencies and RTs were influenced to a greater extent by onsets compared to younger adults'. These data are discussed in terms of age-related differences in attentional control and oculomotor capture.
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U2 - 10.1076/anec.10.1.44.13453
DO - 10.1076/anec.10.1.44.13453
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037368592
VL - 10
SP - 44
EP - 60
JO - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
JF - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
SN - 1382-5585
IS - 1
ER -