Saccadic Eye Movements in Normal Children from 8 to 15 Years of Age: a Developmental Study of Visuospatial Attention

Overview

Journal J Autism Dev Disord

Publisher Springer

Date 1994 Aug 1

PMID 7961328

Citations 13

Authors

R G Ross

A D Radant

D A Young

D W Hommer

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Abstract

This cross-sectional study used saccadic eye movements, as measured by infrared occulography, to assess several aspects of visuospatial attention in normal children ages 8-15 years. Saccadic latency (a global measure of the ability to shift visuospatial attention), the ability to suppress extraneous saccades during fixation, and the ability to inhibit task-provoked anticipatory saccades all improve with age. However, the pattern of development differs for different tasks; saccadic latency shortens at a linear rate across the age range 8-15 years, while the capacity to inhibit anticipatory saccades matures by 12-13 years of age, and the ability to suppress saccades matures by 10 years of age. Analyses of age-related changes in oculomotor measures of attention may provide a novel approach in the study of children with attentional difficulties.

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