The effects of age on attentional disengagement and inhibitory control

Aims: Previous research on the Oculomotor Capture Task (OCT) found that older adults make a greater percentage of reflexive saccades to a distractor than younger adults. This finding may be due to a decrease in ability to disengage attention. This study is aimed at determining whether performance on...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2015.66.00025/full