| Title |
Visual Environment, Attention Allocation, and Learning in Young Children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Psychological Science, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1177/0956797614533801 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anna V. Fisher, Karrie E. Godwin, Howard Seltman |
| Abstract |
A large body of evidence supports the importance of focused attention for encoding and task performance. Yet young children with immature regulation of focused attention are often placed in elementary-school classrooms containing many displays that are not relevant to ongoing instruction. We investigated whether such displays can affect children's ability to maintain focused attention during instruction and to learn the lesson content. We placed kindergarten children in a laboratory classroom for six introductory science lessons, and we experimentally manipulated the visual environment in the classroom. Children were more distracted by the visual environment, spent more time off task, and demonstrated smaller learning gains when the walls were highly decorated than when the decorations were removed. |
Twitter Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 32 | 13% |
| United States | 22 | 9% |
| Saudi Arabia | 13 | 5% |
| France | 13 | 5% |
| Belgium | 12 | 5% |
| Canada | 10 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 8 | 3% |
| Philippines | 6 | 2% |
| Japan | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 24 | 10% |
| Unknown | 100 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 203 | 83% |
| Scientists | 28 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 416 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 69 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 63 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 60 | 14% |
| Researcher | 38 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 29 | 7% |
| Other | 98 | 23% |
| Unknown | 76 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 157 | 36% |
| Social Sciences | 56 | 13% |
| Arts and Humanities | 21 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 11 | 3% |
| Other | 78 | 18% |
| Unknown | 98 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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#47,786
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#107
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#305
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#5
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