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Peer reviewedWiner, Gerald A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1993
Two studies exposed children and adults to an illusion created by perceptual adaptation, in which subjects perceived two identical bottles, held simultaneously in a different hand, as being different in weight. Feedback and repeated trials led older children and adults to improve performance in determining correct weights. The role of feedback,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Developmental Stages, Feedback
