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Visual Perception of Human Activity and Gender in Biological-Motion Displays by Individuals with Mental Retardation.

Sparrow, W. A.; Shinkfield, Alison J.; Day, R. H.; Zerman, L. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1999

Three experiments examined whether limitations in perceptual ability by 24 individuals with mental retardation extended to learning perceptual categories based on elements of actions. Individuals with mental retardation had difficulty identifying some actions, slower decision times for activity identification, and could not identify the actor's…

Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Mental Retardation, Pattern Recognition

Evaluation and Integration of Speech and Pointing Gestures during Referential Understanding.

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Thompson, Laura A.; Massaro, Dominic W. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986

Investigates the relative influence of speech and pointing gesture information in the interpretation of referential acts among children averaging three and five years of age and adults. (HOD)

Descriptors: Adults, Body Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes