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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Sci. 2010 Jan 1;13(1):120. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00864.x

Table 1.

Table 1a. Features of each attention condition.

Attention Condition

Experimental Feature 1-shape 100% 80% 50% 20%


Attention Trial Block 1-shape 100% 80%–20% 50% 80%–20%
No. of Attended-shape Items 2,3,4, or 6 2 or 3 2 or 3 4 or 6a 2 or 3
No. of Ignored-shape Items 0 2 or 3b 2 or 3b 0 2 or 3b
No. of Shapes present 1 2 2 2 2
Probe typesc 1–3 1–4 1–4 1–4 1–4
Table 1b Features of each probe type.

Probe Type
1. No 2. New 3. Location 4. Other shape's
Probe Feature change color change color


Probe’s color in array? yes no yes yes
Probe’s color in probe’s
shape in array? yes no yes no
Probe identical to array
item in that location? yes no no noa
Correct Response same out specific out
loc diff loc
Acceptable response same any diff any diff any diff
for k analysis loc loc or out loc or out loc or out
Table 1c Trials per participant in each combination of attention condition and probe type.

Attention Condition

Probe Type 1-shape 100% 80% 50% 20%


1. No change 32 30 32 24 8
2. New color 16 10 16 8 4
3. Location Change 16 10 16 8 4
4. Other shape's color 0 10 16 8 4

Note. No. = number.

a

Attention divided between both shapes, equally represented in array

b

Same number of attended and ignored items

c

These probe type numbers refer to Table 1b.

Note. loc = array location, diff = different, out = the out door icon

a

The probe is the same shape as the array item at its location but the color is from an item elsewhere in the array of the other shape.