Open AccessDo You See What I See? The Impact of Age Differences in Time Perspective on Visual Attention
Author(s) -
Robert Thomas,
ShinWoo Kim,
David S. Goldstein,
Lynn Hasher,
K. Wong,
Anita Ghai
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/62.5.p247
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , trope (literature) , cognition , time perspective , psychology , cognitive psychology , focus (optics) , orientation (vector space) , visual processing , task (project management) , social psychology , perception , computer science , artificial intelligence , art , neuroscience , management , literature , physics , mathematics , economics , optics , geometry
In young adults, having a relatively long time perspective has been associated with a more abstract, holistic approach to cognitive tasks, as opposed to the more concrete, detailed approach associated with having a more limited or near-future focus ( Trope & Liberman, 2003). Here we studied the impact of age differences in temporal perspective on performance on a classic visual attention task ( Navon, 1977) that allowed for an orientation toward either detailed or holistic processing. Consistent with views on temporal perspective and cognition ( Liberman, Sagristano, & Trope, 2002), we found that younger adults were more likely than older adults to orient toward holistic processing.
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