Further Evidence for Cognitive Inertia of Persons with Mental Retardation.

Ellis, Norman R.; Dulaney, Cynthia L.

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ERIC Number: EJ429960

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Further Evidence for Cognitive Inertia of Persons with Mental Retardation.

Ellis, Norman R.; Dulaney, Cynthia L.

American Journal on Mental Retardation, v95 n6 p613-21 May 1991

Forty young adults with mental retardation (MR) were compared to 40 young adults without mental retardation in tests examining postpractice interference effects in naming colors of Stroop words. The study concluded that practice developed automatized reading suppression responses which held greater cognitive inertia for longer periods among MR subjects. (Author/PB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Drills (Practice), Learning Processes, Mental Retardation, Mental Rigidity, Reading Processes, Young Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Stroop Color Word Test

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