Premium
The Effect of Visual Distraction on Perception in Subjects of Subnormal Intelligence
Author(s) -
BROWN ROY I.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1964.tb00399.x
Subject(s) - distraction , psychology , perception , meaning (existential) , task (project management) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , visual perception , neuroscience , psychotherapist , management , economics
Distractibility is a term often used in clinical psychology though its meaning is ill‐defined and little is known about the conditions under which it occurs. A visual distraction task was given to 40 subjects of below average intelligence. A number of hypotheses related to brain damage, early environment and intelligence were investigated. Brain damage and low intelligence were not found to be associated with a high incidence of distractibility though early, and possibily long, institutionalization appeared to be important variables. The results are discussed in relation to recent work on deprivation.