The Influence of Attentional State and Stimulus Characteristics on Infant Distractibility

Tellinghuisen, Donald J.; Oakes, Lisa M.; Tjebkes, Terri L.

doi:10.1016/s0885-2014(99)00002-7

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“…In addition, coders used established procedures to judge each child's attentional state at the onset of each distractor (e.g., Oakes, Kannass, & Shaddy, 2002;Oakes & Tellinghuisen, 1994;Tellinghuisen, Oakes, & Tjebkes, 1999). Specifically, coders judged whether toddlers were either in a state of casual attention (defined as looking at the toy but not engaged in active learning) or focused attention (defined as engaged in concentration and active learning).…”

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Maternal DHA and the Development of Attention in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Colombo¹,

Kannass²,

Shaddy³

et al. 2004

Child Development

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Infants were followed longitudinally to document the relationship between docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) levels and the development of attention. Erythrocyte (red-blood cell; RBC) phospholipid DHA (percentage of total fatty acids) was measured from infants and mothers at delivery. Infants were assessed in infant-control habituation at 4, 6, and 8 months augmented with psychophysiological measures, and on free-play attention and distractibility paradigms at 12 and 18 months. Infants whose mothers had high DHA at birth showed an accelerated decline in looking over the 1st year and increases in examining during single-object exploration and less distractibility in the 2nd year. These findings are consistent with evidence suggesting a link between DHA and cognitive development in infancy.

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Section: Videotape Codingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maternal DHA and the Development of Attention in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Colombo¹,

Kannass²,

Shaddy³

et al. 2004

Child Development

251

184

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“…Finally, the characteristics of the distractor (e.g., auditory and visual components, complexity) have been shown to affect distractibility in infants (e.g., Oakes, Tellinghuisen, & Tjebkes, 2000;Ruff & Capozzoli, 2003;Tellinghuisen, Oakes, & Tjebkes, 1999). In contrast, there is little systematic investigation of the effects of distractor characteristics on distractibility and performance during the toddler and preschool years.…”

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The Effects of Continuous and Intermittent Distractors on Cognitive Performance and Attention in Preschoolers

Kannass

Colombo

2007

Journal of Cognition and Development

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“…Tellinghuisen, Oakes, and Tjebkes (1999), for example, found that when 7-monthold infants were in a focused or concentrated attentional state, distractors needed to be more salient to cause a reorientation of attention than when infants were in a more casual attentional state. Similarly, Oakes, Tellinghuisen, and Tjebkes (2000) reported that 7-month-old infants were least distractible when they were engaged in focused attention toward a complex initial target.…”

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Developmental Changes in Endogenous Control of Attention: The Role of Target Familiarity on Infants’ Distraction Latency

2002

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This study evaluated the interactive effects of endogenous and exogenous influences on infants' attention allocation by assessing the role of target familiarity on distraction latency during object exploration. In Experiment 1 (N = 54), infants' distraction latencies as they investigated both familiar toys (ones they previously had seen in a familiarization procedure) and novel toys (ones they had not seen in the familiarization procedure) were assessed longitudinally at 6.5 and 9 months of age. In Experiment 2 (N = 32), infants' distraction latencies were assessed at either 6.5 or 10 months as they investigated either familiar or novel targets. In both experiments, older infants, but not younger infants, exhibited longer latencies as they investigated novel toys as compared with their latencies as they investigated familiar toys. These results are discussed in terms of developmental changes in the interactive effects of endogenous and exogenous factors controlling attention allocation.

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The Influence of Attentional State and Stimulus Characteristics on Infant Distractibility

Cited by 25 publications

References 11 publications

Maternal DHA and the Development of Attention in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Maternal DHA and the Development of Attention in Infancy and Toddlerhood

The Effects of Continuous and Intermittent Distractors on Cognitive Performance and Attention in Preschoolers

Developmental Changes in Endogenous Control of Attention: The Role of Target Familiarity on Infants’ Distraction Latency

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