The ability to mentally re-experience past events improves significantly from childhood to young adulthood; however, the mechanisms underlying this ability remain poorly understood, partially because different tasks are used across the lifespan. This study was designed to address this gap by assessing the development of event-related potential…

Compares the search features and retrieval performance of three search engines for children: "Yahooligans!,""Ask Jeeves for Kids," and "Super Snooper" on identical searches. Retrieval performance criteria of the three engines included: retrieval output, relevance, overlap in results, and redundancy. Results shed light…

Describes a study comparing information retrieval from print and CD-ROM versions of Compton's Encyclopedia. Forty-eight sixth-grade students searched four questions in both versions. The results showed that the searches took the same amount of time in both. The novice searchers were able to use an information retrieval system with minimal…