Date of Award
2018
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Program
Psychology
Department
Psychology
College
Science and Mathematics
Faculty Advisor
Langley, Linda K.
Description
Inhibition of return (IOR) is a cognitive mechanism to bias attention from returning to previously engaged items. While aging models have proposed deficits within select inhibitory domains, older adults have demonstrated preserved IOR functioning in previous studies. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether IOR associated with objects showed the same age patterns as IOR associated with locations. Both young and older adults produced significant location-based IOR in static and dynamic paradigms. In contrast, young adults produced object-based IOR in a dynamic paradigm, whereas older adults failed to produce significant object-based effects. The findings provide partial support for unique age-related inhibitory patterns associated with anterior and posterior attention systems.
Recommended Citation
Huether, Asenath Xochitl Arauza, "Aging and Object-Based Inhibition of Return" (2018). Psychology. 55.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/psychology/55
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28780