Lower eye movement consistency (higher C3 entropy) is associated with poorer selective attention and inhibitory control¶
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q3 i? Among DalCAB measures, only the Flanker task RT congruency effect correlated with C3 entropy, and it explained additional variance in C3 entropy with age controlled. → Zheng 2026
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Zheng 2026¶
Zheng, Y., Lo, T. W., Lau, E. Y., Eskes, G., Hui, L. L., & Hsiao, J. H. (2026). The Role of Eye Movement Consistency in Aging-Related Decline in Face Recognition. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-026-00437-3
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Exploratory correlation and hierarchical regression within the same sample; the article reports the Flanker congruency effect correlated with C3 entropy (r(290) = .138, p = .018). It interprets this as lower consistency reflecting difficulty executing learned visual routines due to poorer selective attention and inhibitory control.
"The congruency effect in RT of the Flanker task explained additional variance in C3 entropy (β = .159, p = .006, ΔR 2 = .025 ), with age controlled in the first step (F(2, 286) = 8.710, p < .001, Table 1)"
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Lower eye movement consistency (higher C3 entropy) is associated with poorer selective attention and inhibitory control |
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Lower eye movement consistency (higher C3 entropy) is associated with poorer selective attention and inhibitory control |
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