Developmental Trajectories of Attention in Typically Developing Chinese Children: A Four-Wave Longitudinal Study |
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| Authors: | Chao Yan Hui Zhou Wei Wei Yi-ji Wang Lixian Cui Raymond C.K. Chan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE &2. STCSM), East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;3. College of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China;4. NYU-ECNU Institute for Social Development at NYU Shanghai, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China;5. Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;6. Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
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We conducted a 4-year longitudinal study to investigate trajectories of attention in a sample of 145 Chinese children. The Test of Everyday Attention was administered and latent growth modeling was used to capture developmental trajectories. We found that children’s selective attention showed a linear increase, whereas attentional control and sustained attention increased rapidly then slowed down over 4 years. There was no significant correlation between the slopes of growth model for any subsystems. Girls showed higher initial levels of selective attention than boys, but no difference in growth rate. These findings support different developmental patterns in the attention network systems. |
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