Context and attention control determine whether attending to competing information helps or hinders learning in school‐aged children
Context and attention control determine whether attending to competing information helps or hinders learning in school‐aged children
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情境和注意力控制决定了关注竞争性信息是否有助于或阻碍学龄儿童的学习
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10.1002/wcs.1577
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2021
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Amso, Dima
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Markant, Julie;Amso, Dima
Attention control regulates efficient processing of goal‐relevant information by suppressing interference from irrelevant competing inputs while also flexibly allocating attention across relevant inputs according to task demands. Research has established that developing attention control skills promote effective learning by minimizing distractions from task‐irrelevant competing information. Additional research also suggests that competing contextual information can provide meaningful input for learning and should not always be ignored. Instead, attending to competing information that is relevant to task goals can facilitate and broaden the scope of children's learning. We review this past research examining effects of attending to task‐relevant and task‐irrelevant competing information on learning outcomes, focusing on relations between visual attention and learning in childhood. We then present a synthesis argument that complex interactions across learning goals, the contexts of learning environments and tasks, and developing attention control mechanisms will determine whether attending to competing information helps or hinders learning.This article is categorized under:Psychology > AttentionPsychology > LearningPsychology > Development and Aging