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Peer reviewedGeffen, Gina; Sexton, Michael A. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Focused and divided auditory attention were studied in 7- and 10-year-old children. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Auditory Stimuli, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedNummedal, Susan G.; Bass, Stephen C. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cues, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedLehman, Elyse Brauch; Goodnow, Jacqueline – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Information Processing, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedCepeda, Nicholas J.; Kramer, Arthur F.; de Sather, Jessica C. M. Gonzalez – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Examined changes from age 7 to 82 years in processes responsible for preparation and interference control underlying alternation between two tasks. Found a U-shaped function for switch costs, with larger costs for young children and older adults. Age-related variance in task-switching performance was partially independent from age-related variance…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedFields, Charlotte; Kimmel, H. D. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Younger men are both less engaged from the world and more efficient processors of information than older (especially less educated) ones. (Authors)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedHale, Sandra; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
In two experiments, children and adults were exposed to four different information-processing tasks to measure speed and variability of performance across different age groups. It was found that 10- and 11-year-olds were about 1.7 and 1.6 times slower than 19-year-olds, differences that were not affected by allowing both groups practice on the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedKnight, George P.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Assessed possibility that developmental difference in social values is associated with development of information processing capabilities. Three- to 10-year-old children completed an individualized regression assessment of social values, a central-incidental memory measure, and a free-recall word list task. Results indicated age, sex, and memory…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Competition, Cooperation
