Increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults.
We examined performance in the antisaccade task for younger and older adults by comparing latencies and errors in what we defined as high attentional focus (mixed antisaccades and prosaccades in the same block) and low attentional focus (antisaccades and prosaccades in separate blocks) conditions. S...
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| description | We examined performance in the antisaccade task for younger and older adults by comparing latencies and errors in what we defined as high attentional focus (mixed antisaccades and prosaccades in the same block) and low attentional focus (antisaccades and prosaccades in separate blocks) conditions. Shorter saccade latencies for correctly executed eye movements were observed for both groups in mixed, compared to blocked, antisaccade tasks, but antisaccade error rates were higher for older participants across both conditions. The results are discussed in relation to the inhibitory hypothesis, the goal neglect theory and attentional control theory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a042a82c75848688fa1b2fd266b3db92022-12-22T01:40:51ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0184e6156610.1371/journal.pone.0061566Increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults.Jingxin WangJing TianRong WangValerie BensonWe examined performance in the antisaccade task for younger and older adults by comparing latencies and errors in what we defined as high attentional focus (mixed antisaccades and prosaccades in the same block) and low attentional focus (antisaccades and prosaccades in separate blocks) conditions. Shorter saccade latencies for correctly executed eye movements were observed for both groups in mixed, compared to blocked, antisaccade tasks, but antisaccade error rates were higher for older participants across both conditions. The results are discussed in relation to the inhibitory hypothesis, the goal neglect theory and attentional control theory.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3631188?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Jingxin Wang Jing Tian Rong Wang Valerie Benson Increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults. PLoS ONE |
| title | Increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults. |
| title_full | Increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults. |
| title_fullStr | Increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults. |
| title_short | Increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults. |
| title_sort | increased attentional focus modulates eye movements in a mixed antisaccade task for younger and older adults |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3631188?pdf=render |
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