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Kelly, Michelle P.; Reed, Phil – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
Stimulus over-selectivity is said to have occurred when only a limited subset of the total number of stimuli present during discrimination learning controls behavior, thus, restricting learning about the range, breadth, or all features of a stimulus. The current study investigated over-selectivity of 100 typically developing children, aged 3-7…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Visual Discrimination, Task Analysis
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Schumann-Hengsteler, Ruth – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Two studies investigated the effect of age on memory for visual and spatial information. Five to 10 year olds were asked to reconstruct a previously seen spatial arrangement of objects. The association between an object's identity and its location was weaker for younger than for older children. (LB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Foreign Countries, Memory