Do you see what I see? The impact of age differences in time perspective on visual attention.
In young adults, having a relatively long time perspective has been associated with a more abstract, holistic approach to cognitive tasks, as opposed to the more concrete, detailed approach associated with having a more limited or near-future focus ( Trope & Liberman, 2003). Here we studied the impact of age differences in temporal perspective on performance on a classic visual attention task ( Navon, 1977) that allowed for an orientation toward either detailed or holistic processing. Consistent with views on temporal perspective and cognition ( Liberman, Sagristano, & Trope, 2002), we found that younger adults were more likely than older adults to orient toward holistic processing.
Thomas
Ruthann C
RC
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, Canada. ruthann@psych.utoronto.ca
Kim
Sunghan
S
Goldstein
David
D
Hasher
Lynn
L
Wong
Karen
K
Ghai
Amrita
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time; D013995:Time; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*