Automatic and Effortful Processing by Mentally Retarded and Nonretarded Persons.

Meador, Darlene M.; Ellis, Norman R.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Automatic and Effortful Processing by Mentally Retarded and Nonretarded Persons.

Meador, Darlene M.; Ellis, Norman R.

American Journal of Mental Deficiency, v91 n6 p613-19 May 1987

Brain-injured (N=24), cultural-familially retarded (N=24), and nonretarded (N=28) adolescents and young adults were compared on a letter priming task requiring recognition of matched pairs. Response time in both retarded groups was considerably slower than in the nonretarded group, and effortful processing was also slower to develop. (JW)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventitious Impairments, Cognitive Processes, Congenital Impairments, Encoding (Psychology), Mild Mental Retardation, Neurological Impairments, Reaction Time, Responses, Visual Stimuli, Young Adults

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