| Title |
Is Visual Selective Attention in Deaf Individuals Enhanced or Deficient? The Case of the Useful Field of View
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005640 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matthew W. G. Dye, Peter C. Hauser, Daphne Bavelier |
| Abstract |
Early deafness leads to enhanced attention in the visual periphery. Yet, whether this enhancement confers advantages in everyday life remains unknown, as deaf individuals have been shown to be more distracted by irrelevant information in the periphery than their hearing peers. Here, we show that, in a complex attentional task, a performance advantage results for deaf individuals. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 187 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 175 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 40 | 21% |
| Researcher | 37 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 34 | 18% |
| Unknown | 20 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 73 | 39% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 7% |
| Linguistics | 13 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 12 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 37 | 20% |
| Unknown | 28 | 15% |