Saliency-Driven Visual Search Performance in Toddlers with Low vs. High Touch screen Use

Ana Portugal; Rachael Bedford; Celeste H.M. Cheung; Teodora Gliga; Tim J Smith

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2344

Saliency-Driven Visual Search Performance in Toddlers with Low vs. High Touch screen Use

Ana Portugal, Rachael Bedford, Celeste H.M. Cheung, Teodora Gliga, Tim J Smith

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During toddlerhood, a peak period of neurocognitive development, increased exposure to sensory stimulation through touch screen use, may influence developing attentional control.1 While TV’s rapidly changing, noncontingent flow of sensory information has been hypothesized to lead to difficulties voluntarily focusing attention,2 video gaming’s contingent and cognitively demanding sensory environments may improve visual processing and attention.3 Toddler touch screen use involves both exogenous attention, driven by salient audio-visual features, and endogenous/voluntary control, eg, video selection and app use.4,5

The current study compared high– and low–touch screen users on a gaze-contingent visual search paradigm,6 assessing exogenous, saliency-based attention (single-feature trials), and endogenous attention control (conjunction trials).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	96-97
Number of pages	2
Journal	JAMA Pediatrics
Volume	175
Issue number	1
Early online date	10 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2344
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2021

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