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Peer reviewedSeitz, Katja – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2002
Two experiments investigated short-term visual person recognition in 8- and 10-year-olds and adults within Tanaka and Farah's part-whole paradigm. Results revealed that person recognition became more accurate between 8 years and adulthood but there was no developmental shift in visual information processes with face and whole person recognition.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedCowan, Nelson; Nugent, Lara D.; Elliott, Emily M.; Saults, J. Scott – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2000
Examined persistence of sensory memory by studying developmental differences in recall of attended and ignored lists of digits for second-graders, fifth-graders, and adults. Found developmental increase in the persistence of memory only for the final item in an ignored list, which is the item for which sensory memory is thought to be the most…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Auditory Perception
Peer reviewedAttig, Mary; Hasher, Lynn – Journal of Gerontology, 1980
Adults listened to a list containing 30 words that were repeated from zero to seven times each. Subjects were tested for sensitivity to differences in frequency of occurrence. All were equally sensitive to frequency information. Prior knowledge about the nature of the test did not affect performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Information Processing, Memory
Peer reviewedDugas, Jeanne L.; Kellas, George – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Information processing capabilities of normal and retarded individuals were studied within the context of a modified Steinberg recognition memory task. Normal and retarded individuals spent the same amount of time learning information, but normal subjects spent less time retrieving the information. (ST)
Descriptors: Adults, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Information Processing
Yarmey, A. Daniel – 1978
Sex differences in memory for human faces is reviewed. It is found that research evidence to date is not conclusive, but where differences exist they favor female superiority over males in facial memory. In particular, evidence is cited to suggest that females are reliably superior to males in their recognition memory for other females. This is…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Information Processing
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: semantic constructivity in children's comprehension; text-based inferences generated by children in reading written discourse; a review of reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Adults, Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with the following topics: the role of visual pattern perception in the development of children's reading skills; a comparison of students' silent reading, oral reading, and listening comprehension; semantic…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Patterns, College Freshmen
