The cyclic organization of attention during habituation is related to infants' information processing

Citation
R. Feldman et Lc. Mayes, The cyclic organization of attention during habituation is related to infants' information processing, INFANT BEH, 22(1), 1999, pp. 37-49
Citations number
42
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT
ISSN journal
0163-6383 → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
37 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-6383(1999)22:1<37:TCOOAD>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We examined relations between one pattern of attention regulation-the cycli c organization of attention during information processing- and infants' pro cessing speed and recognition memory. Twenty three-month-old and 20 six-mon th-old infants were assessed with an infant-control habituation procedure. Attentive states were coded frame-by-frame and subjected to time-series ana lysis. Processing speed was measured by infants' cumulative looking time to criterion and memory was indexed by responsiveness to novel stimulus follo wing habituation. Infants whose attention was regulated in cyclic oscillati ons of attention and non-attention had shorter looking time and higher resp onse to novelty. The relative proportion of transitory states and the numbe r of cyclic peaks in the power spectra predicted processing speed but not m emory. The relations between cyclicity and processing speed declined from 3 to 6 months. The regulation of attention in recurrent patterns is consider ed a correlate of efficient processing during the early stages of perceptua l development.