Tracking developmental differences in real-world social attention across adolescence, young adulthood and older adulthood.
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SUBMITTER: De Lillo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7611872 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
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Tracking developmental differences in real-world social attention across adolescence, young adulthood and older adulthood.
De Lillo Martina M Foley Rebecca R Fysh Matthew C MC Stimson Aimée A Bradford Elisabeth E F EEF Woodrow-Hill Camilla C Ferguson Heather J HJ
Nature human behaviour 20210513 10
Detecting and responding appropriately to social information in one's environment is a vital part of everyday social interactions. Here, we report two preregistered experiments that examine how social attention develops across the lifespan, comparing adolescents (10-19 years old), young (20-40 years old) and older (60-80 years old) adults. In two real-world tasks, participants were immersed in different social interaction situations-a face-to-face conversation and navigating an environment-and t ...[more]
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