Visuospatial attention and cognitive development

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380982
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University
• Principal Investigator: UEHARA Izumi お茶の水女子大学, 人間発達教育科学研究所, 准教授 (80373059)
• Research Collaborator: YAZAWA Megumu ; ISHIBASHI Mikako ; CHEONG Yeonju ; KAWASAKI Ayaka ; KANBE Mika ; OSUGI Takayuki ; YAMAUCHI Kenji
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 実験系心理学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Infants, young children, and adults were instructed to perform various types of cognitive tasks to investigate the developmental relationship between visuospatial attention and cognitive ability. The results revealed visuospatial attentional patterns toward visual stimuli during speech sounds on the part of infants and 1-year-old children, and error patterns in visuocognitive tasks in relation to behavioral cognition and language development in young children. They also indicated time and spatial resolution, distribution, and integration for particular stimuli during visuospatial attention on the part of adults. Furthermore, developmental differences in contents which are easily noticed and recalled later were indicated among participants of a wide range of ages.

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