Object- and location-based inhibition of return in younger and older adults.
When a cued object moves to new spatial coordinates, inhibition of return (IOR) with younger adults is found at the original cued location (location-based IOR) and at the current location of the object (object-based IOR). Older adults, however, show only location-based IOR. To determine whether this pattern of results represents a general age-related deficit in object-based IOR, the authors used static displays in which the placeholders (i.e., objects) were either present (location-based IOR+object-based IOR) or absent (location-based IOR only). Both age groups showed location-based IOR, but the older adults failed to show object-based IOR, consistent with age-related differences in visual pathways.
McAuliffe
Jim
J
School of Kinesiology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada. jim.mcauliffe@lakeheadu.ca
Chasteen
Alison L
AL
Pratt
Jay
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D011930:Reaction Time; D014796:Visual Perception