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Preschoolers Benefit from Visually Salient Speech Cues
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Lalonde, Kaylah; Holt, Rachael Frush – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: This study explored visual speech influence in preschoolers using 3 developmentally appropriate tasks that vary in perceptual difficulty and task demands. They also examined developmental differences in the ability to use visually salient speech cues and visual phonological knowledge. Method: Twelve adults and 27 typically developing 3-…
Descriptors: Cues, Speech Communication, Preschool Children, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
The Development of Sensitivity to Visual Structure
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Chipman, Susan F.; Mendelson, Morton J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Elementary school students and adults were presented with a paired comparison task of visual complexity in which contour and presence or absence of structure in the patterns were manipulated. Results indicated that complexity judgments of all subjects were affected by the presence of structure at lower levels of contour. (GO)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
Children's Construction of Horizontals, Verticals, and Diagonals: An Operational Explanation of the "Oblique Effect."
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Frye, Douglas; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Investigates the problem young children have in constructing diagonals, noting that, on the whole, they can not make diagonals in the horizontal/vertical configuration. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Difficulty Level
The Development of Same and Different Judgments
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Blake, Joanna; Beilin, Harry – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Presents two experiments which investigated whether there is a shift with age in the relative speed and difficulty of same versus different judgments. Subjects included preschoolers, third graders, and college students. (SDH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Difficulty Level, Elementary School Students
Keeping Track of Locations during Movement in 8- to 10-Month-Old Infants.
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Goldfield, Eugene C.; Dickerson, Donald J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Infants 8.5 and 9.5 months of age were tested for ability to determine the location of an object hidden in one of two covered containers before their left-right positions were reversed. Only the older infants provided with different colored covers to their containers were able to do this task. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Cues
Influence of Task Difficulty and Background Music on Working Memory Activity: Developmental Considerations.
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Kaniel, Shlomo; Aram, Dorit – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1998
A study of 300 children in kindergarten, grade 2, and grade 6 found that background music improved visual discrimination task performance at the youngest and middle ages and had no effect on the oldest participants. On a square identification task, background music had no influence on easy and difficult tasks but lowered performance on…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING CAPACITY OF ADULTS. REPORT NUMBER 7.
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CARPENTER, WILLIAM L. – 1968
CHANGE IN INFORMATION PROCESSING AND CHANNEL CAPACITY WITH INCREASE IN AGE WAS STUDIED, AND POSSIBLE ALTERING OF THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A CHANGE IN COMPLEXITY AND DIMENSIONALITY OF THE STIMULUS PRESENTED. VISUAL STIMULI WERE PROJECTED ON A SCREEN TO FOUR GROUPS COMPOSED OF 74 COLLEGE GRADUATES, RANGING IN AGE FROM 23 TO 68 YEARS, IN A SIMULATED…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, College Graduates, Communications