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Interference Control in a New Rule Use Task: Age‐Related Changes, Labeling, and Attention
Author(s) -
Müller Ulrich,
Zelazo Philip David,
Hood Suzanne,
Leone Tullia,
Rohrer Lisa
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00759.x
Subject(s) - colored , psychology , salience (neuroscience) , set (abstract data type) , task (project management) , attentional control , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , communication , audiology , cognition , neuroscience , computer science , medicine , materials science , management , economics , composite material , programming language
Three experiments examined 3‐ to 6‐year‐olds' interference control using a task in which children saw 2 corresponding sets of colored cards, a large set in front of them and a small set behind them. A colored candy (Smartie) was placed on a large card with mismatching color, and children could win the Smartie by selecting the small card that matched the color of the large card. Three‐year‐olds performed poorly whereas older children performed well. Having children label the correct color before responding improved 3‐year‐olds' performance (Experiment 2), as did pointing to the large card (Experiment 3); decreasing the affective salience of the stimuli (colored beads vs. Smarties) did not (Experiment 3). Results reveal the role of selective attention in action control.