MARC Record from University of Toronto

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100 1 $aMangalindan, Diane Marie J.
245 10 $aChildren's detection and use of cues to infer object displacement.
260 $c2007.
300 $a29 leaves.
500 $aSource: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 3313.
502 $aThesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2007.
506 $aElectronic version licensed for access by U. of T. users.
520 $aPrevious research on toddler search using a ramp apparatus revealed that children under 36 months have great difficulty searching for the hidden toy. The object-directed attention account posits that attention spreads from proximal to distal within an object, which means that a cue is most useful if it is both directly connected to and attached closer to the centre of the target object. This study investigated 24-, 30-, and 36-month olds' search for a hidden car under short- vs. long-cue conditions with an obliquely aligned cue. Results revealed that children performed better under short-cue conditions, but the cue's orientation relative to the target object affected children's overall performance, especially for the youngest group. Implications for the object-directed attention account are discussed.
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650 0 $aInference.
650 0 $aSearching behavior in children.
650 0 $aVisual perception in children.
653 $aPsychology, Developmental.
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