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Children's Darting (Not Diffuse) Attentional Spotlight Reduces Memory Selectivity for Relevant Content.
Alexandra Decker, Marlie Tandoc, Hyuna Cho, Gloria Rebello, Donald J Mabbott, Katherine Duncan, Amy S Finn
Published: 202610.1111/desc.70118
Abstract
Why do children remember distracting details better than adults? This could be a silver lining-a benefit-of children's immature attention. The present work establishes this link between immature selective attention and children's broader learning. Fu…
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