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DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF EVENT RATE AND TEMPORAL EXPECTANCY ON SUSTAINED ATTENTION PERFORMANCE OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN

Curtindale, Lori Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174691694

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2007, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Experimental.
This study explored developmental differences in the effects of event rate and temporal expectancy on sustained attention performance. College-age adults and children (ages 7 – 8) completed visual and auditory sustained attention tasks that were equated for difficulty at an intermediate (3 sec IOI) event rate using the perceptual sensitivity index (d') and then were compared at faster (1.5 sec IOI) and slower (6 sec IOI) event rates to determine whether there was an optimal presentation rate for adults and children. In order to explore temporal expectancy, 20% of the critical and neutral events occurred early or late relative to the regular rhythm of the task. The findings (a) suggest that event rate influences sustained attention differently for adults and children, (b) highlight the role of temporal expectancy in sustained attending, and (c) reveal differences in the effects of event rate and temporal expectancy on visual and auditory sustained attention.
John McAuley (Advisor)
85 p.
Sustained Attention; Event Rate; Temporal Expectancy; Development

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  • Curtindale, L. M. (2007). DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF EVENT RATE AND TEMPORAL EXPECTANCY ON SUSTAINED ATTENTION PERFORMANCE OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174691694

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Curtindale, Lori. DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF EVENT RATE AND TEMPORAL EXPECTANCY ON SUSTAINED ATTENTION PERFORMANCE OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN. 2007. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174691694.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Curtindale, Lori. "DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF EVENT RATE AND TEMPORAL EXPECTANCY ON SUSTAINED ATTENTION PERFORMANCE OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174691694

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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