Children of higher maternal education showed a significantly larger attention effect on neural responses (mean attended–unattended difference 1.7 vs. 0.6 μV)¶
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q3 i? The magnitude of the attentional modulation was significantly larger in the higher than in the lower maternal education group. → Stevens Courtney 2009
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Stevens Courtney 2009¶
Stevens Courtney, Lauinger Brittni, Neville Helen. (2009). Differences in the neural mechanisms of selective attention in children from different socioeconomic backgrounds: An event-related brain potential study. Developmental Science, 12(4), 634-646. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00807.x
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Simple-effects comparison of attended–unattended amplitude difference across maternal education groups in the 32-child ERP study. Printed means are 1.7 and 0.6 μV; test statistic "unpaired t(30) = 3.6, P = .001". Children of lower maternal education also showed attentional modulation, t(15) = 2.1, P < .05.
"the magnitude of the effect of attention was significantly larger in the higher than in the lower maternal education group, unpaired t(30) = 3.6, P = .001 (mean effect of attention 1.7 and 0.6 μV for the higher and lower maternal education groups, respectively)"
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Related Claims¶
- The maternal-education group difference in neural attentional modulation persists after controlling for receptive language scores — related
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- The effect of selective auditory attention on early neural processing differs between children of higher and lower maternal education (significant group × attention interaction within 100–200 msec) — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Children of higher and lower maternal education did not differ on on-task comprehension of attended stories during the ERP task — related
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- Developmental differences in selective attention are related to neural systems for deploying attention and managing response conflict, while deployed selective attention acts through similar neural mechanisms across ages — related
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Children of higher maternal education showed a significantly larger attention effect on neural responses (mean attended–unattended difference 1.7 vs. 0.6 μV) |
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Children of higher maternal education showed a significantly larger attention effect on neural responses (mean attended–unattended difference 1.7 vs. |
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