Development of Visual Search Processes from Game Period to Preadolescence

Abstract

One of the fundamental psychological processes is visual search. Studies that focus on this aspect of attention commonly use a visual search task. In this task, a target item in the display screen is presented to the participants between various distractors. Search difficulty can be manipulated by varying the number of distracters in the displays or varying similarity of the target and distracters. The aim of the present study is to examine the development of visual-spatial attention from the play period to the pre-adolescence using different visual search tasks (feature and conjunctive task). In the feature search, the target is the same with a set distractor in color and does not share any property with the other set distractor. In the conjunctive search, the target is the same in terms of color with one set of distractors and shape with the other set distractor. According to the results of the research, performance was particularly impaired on target-absent trials and with increasing numbers of distracters in conjunctive search. All age groups were affected by manipulations but age gradients were more pronounced in conjunctive search than in feature search. The results of both conjunctive and feature searches highlighted a development in visual search throughout childhood.

Keywords

• visual attention,visual search,feature search,conjunctive search,visual attention development

OYUN DÖNEMİNDEN ÖN ERGENLİĞE GÖRSEL ARAMA SÜREÇLERİNİN GELİŞİMİ

Abstract

Temel psikolojik süreçlerden biri görsel aramadır. Dikkatin bu yönüne odaklanan araştırmalar genellikle bir görsel arama görevi kullanırlar. Bu görevde, katılımcılara görüntü ekranında bir hedef madde çeşitli çeldiriciler arasında sunulur. Arama zorluğu görüntü ekranındaki çeldiricilerin sayısını değişimleyerek veya hedef ve çeldiricilerin benzerliğini değişimleyerek manüpüle edilebilir. Mevcut araştırmanın amacı, oyun döneminden ön ergenliğe doğru görsel-mekansal dikkatin gelişimini farklı görsel arama görevleri kullanarak incelemektir (özellik ve bağlantı görevi). Özellik aramada, hedef bir set çeldirici ile renk bakımından aynıdır ve diğer set çeldirici ile hiçbir özelliğini paylaşmaz. Bağlantı aramada, hedef bir set çeldirici ile renk bakımından ve diğer set çeldirici ile şekil bakımından aynıdır. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre, performans, özellikle hedef yok denemelerinde ve bağlantı aramada artan sayıdaki çeldiriciler ile bozuldu. Tüm yaş grupları manipülasyonlardan etkilendi; ancak yaş gradyanları, bağlantı aramada özellik aramada olduğundan daha belirgindi. Hem bağlantı hem de özellik aramaların sonuçları, çocukluk boyunca görsel aramada bir gelişmenin altını çizdi.

Keywords

• görsel dikkat,görsel arama,özellik arama,bağlantı arama,görsel dikkatin gelişimi

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