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Eighty 4-year-old Ss were given an acoustic vigilance task in which they were to signal the presence of pure tones which appeared irregularly, infrequently, and at faint suprathreshold levels. In several significant aspects these young Ss behaved similarly to adults. Acoustic vigilance testing is discussed as a potentially useful framework in which to assess and observe children’s attentional behavior.
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This papei was supported by Public Health Research Grant MH-07346 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The author acknowledges the assistance of Jeffrey Goldstein in gathering and analyzing data.
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Locke, J.L. Acoustic vigilance behavior in four-year-old children. Psychon Sci 21, 111–112 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335791
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