Probability of visual attention distraction, alone or combined with hands withholding, prevails after about 10–30 seconds of delay¶

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q2 i? Across both tasks, the probability of visual attention distraction alone and combined with hands withholding became the prevailing behavioural categories after about 10–30 seconds of delay. → Mulder 2019

Evidence¶

Mulder 2019¶

Mulder, H., van Ravenswaaij, H., Verhagen, J., Moerbeek, M., & Leseman, P. P. M. (2019). The process of early self-control: an observational study in two- and three-year-olds. Metacognition and Learning, 14, 239–264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-019-09199-3

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Multilevel multinomial regression (HLM, penalized quasi-likelihood) with linear and quadratic time effects on the four-category co-occurrence variable; estimated probabilities plotted in Figs. 3a and 3b. The article describes a "relatively mixed pattern of results between the snack and gift delay task" and focuses on general trends rather than statistical significance.

"one relatively consistent finding across the two tasks was that probability of occurrence of visual attention distraction only and visual attention distraction combined with hands withholding prevail after about 10 –30 s."

Discussion¶

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