Journal article
On the time course of attentional focusing in older adults
Abstract
Many sensory and cognitive changes accompany normal ageing, including changes to visual attention. Several studies have investigated age-related changes in the control of attention to specific locations (spatial orienting), but it is unknown whether control over the distribution or breadth of attention (spatial focus) also changes with age. In the present study, we employed a dual-stream attentional blink task and assessed changes to the …
Authors
Jefferies LN; Roggeveen AB; Enns JT; Bennett PJ; Sekuler AB; Di Lollo V
Journal
Psychological Research, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 28–41
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
January 2015
DOI
10.1007/s00426-013-0528-2
ISSN
0340-0727