Facey, R.

Gregory, Nicola J.

Hodgson, Timothy Lewis

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PostersVisual Search Thursday, August 15, 12:00 - 13:30Follow Buzzy Bee: The effects of arrows, eye gazeand finger pointing cues on saccadic orienting ininfantsTimothy Lewis Hodgson2, Nicola Jean Gregory1 & Rebecca Facey31Bournemouth University, United Kingdom2University of Lincoln, United Kingdom3University of Exeter, United KingdomLittle is known about the developmental trajectory of saccadic orienting caused byeye gaze, finger pointing and arrow cues in young children, although many studieshave shown that adults’ attention and saccades are facilitated in the direction of thesecues even when uninformative. We have developed a pro-saccade task designed forchildren. Children were instructed to ignore cues presented at fixation and saccadetowards a cartoon bee (the target) which appeared randomly to the left or right offixation irrespective of the direction of the central cue. Thirty-six children aged 4to 10 years completed 56 trials. A mixed-measures ANOVA showed an interactionbetween Age, Cue type and Congruency (F 4,66 = 3.75, p = .008) with 4-5 year oldchildren displaying a 70ms congruency advantage for pointing cues, but no advantagefor eyes or arrows. Children aged 6-7 and 8-10 years showed cueing effects for all threecues. Linear regression revealed that Age was a significant predictor of cueing effectfor pointing cues. These findings suggest that pointing is an influential cue in youngchildren, but that automatic orienting to arrows and gaze does not develop until age6 years.Contact information: ngregory@bournemouth.ac.uk507

Follow Buzzy Bee: The effects of arrows, eye gaze and finger pointing cues on saccadic orienting in infants

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