Developmental Functions for Speeds of Cognitive Processes.

Kail, Robert

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Publication Date: 1988

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Developmental Functions for Speeds of Cognitive Processes.

Kail, Robert

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v45 n3 p339-64 Jun 1988

In two experiments, 168 subjects aged 8-22 years performed visual search and memory search tasks (experiment 1) or memory search, mental rotation, analogical reasoning, and mental addition tasks (experiment 2). Increases with age in speeds of visual and memory search were described well by exponential functions. (SKC)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Memory, Psychological Studies, Timed Tests

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