Covert Attention, Temperament, and Looking

A Novel Approach to Studying Attention in the Social World

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ID13665709
AuthorsRaymond D Collings (0000-0002-3719-1184, SUNY Cortland, corresponding author), Leslie G Eaton (0000-0002-5448-8094, SUNY Cortland)
Year2018
Volume122
Issue6
Pages2220-2241
Publication date2018-09-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0033294118799734
PMID30217126
OpenAlexW2891408783
LanguageEN
References cited61

The current study examines relations between individual differences in attention measured in laboratory and real-world settings. In-laboratory computer-based assessments of orienting, phasic alertness, and executive attention as well as self-report measures of temperament and attention-related problems were administered to 111 undergraduate participants. Participants later completed a walking tour of a multistory building while wearing video recording glasses. The recordings were subsequently coded for orientation and capture of overt attention. Overt attention was correlated with attention-related traits only in high-demand walking conditions (stairways). Our findings suggest that individual differences should be a more important consideration in attention research. The novel methodology piloted here may be especially practical for studying overt attention in social settings

Alertness · Attention span · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Covert · Developmental psychology · Orientation (vector space · Personality · Temperament · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Mind wandering and attention · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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