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

Autor/inn/en	Roderer, Thomas; Krebs, Saskia; Schmid, Corinne; Roebers, Claudia M.
Titel	The Role of Executive Control of Attention and Selective Encoding for Preschoolers' Learning
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 21 (2012) 2, S.146-159 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.738
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Children; Executive Function; Attention Control; Eye Movements; Cognitive Processes; Preschool Children; Visual Stimuli; Interference (Learning); Statistical Analysis; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Augenbewegung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Statistische Analyse; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schweiz
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10