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Peer reviewedOsborn, Robert G.; Meador, Darlene M. – Behavioral Disorders, 1990
This study compared the performance of depressed and nondepressed males (ages 9-11) on tasks requiring overt rehearsal and free recall. The depressed children rehearsed less both in repetition of words and in the size of their rehearsal sets and recalled fewer words. It is concluded that depressed children have short-term memory processing…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedRumsey, Judith M.; Hamburger, Susan D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1990
To determine variations in cognitive characteristics, 10 nonretarded men with infantile autism, residual state, were compared with 15 severely dyslexic men and 25 controls on a neuropsychological test battery. The dyslexics showed a reduced digit span and the autistic group exhibited impaired problem-solving skills. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
Katims, David S. – 1987
The short-term memory of 24 retarded and 24 nonretarded individuals, aged 10 to 14, under conditions of restricted cognitive strategy use was investigated. An attempt was made to determine whether short-term memory difficulties of persons with mental retardation are caused by deficits in voluntary cognitive strategies, such as the organization and…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Intermediate Grades
