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Impaired Performance on See-Know Tasks amongst Children with Autism: Evidence of Specific Difficulties with Theory of Mind or Domain-General Task Factors?
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Lind, Sophie E.; Bowler, Dermot M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
It is widely assumed that children with autism have a diminished understanding of the perception-knowledge relationship, as a specific manifestation of a theory of mind (ToM) impairment. However, such a conclusion may not be justified on the basis of previous studies, which have suffered from significant methodological weaknesses. The current…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Perceptual Development, Autism, Research Methodology
The Possible Relationship between Visual Deficits and Dyslexia: Examination of a Critical Assumption.
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Skottun, Bernt C.; Parke, Lesley A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
Examines the assumption that the parvocellular system is suppressed by the magnocellular system during saccadic eye movements and that this visual deficit is associated with dyslexia. Evidence from six studies indicates the magnocellular system is suppressed during saccadic eye movements, disproving the magnocellular deficit theory of dyslexia.…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Dyslexia, Etiology
Memory Effects in Visual Spatial Information Processing.
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Fishbein, Harold D. – British Journal of Psychology, 1978
Eight, ten, and twelve year old children were tested on a novel procedure involving the successive presentation of standard and comparision stimuli. Two hypotheses were evaluated: one dealing with memory effects, and the other with children's pretesting of choice responses in spatial information processing. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Illustrations, Memory
A Language for Auditory Space.
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Sergeant, Desmond – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Discusses (1) the process of early language development, giving specific attention to problematic aspects of a vocabulary for audition; (2) elicitation and instruction tasks used in the study of language acquisition; and (3) an investigation designed to compare language acquisition for dimensions of visual, spatial, and tactual perception with…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition
Children's Sensitivity to Different Modes of Colour Use in Art.
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O'Hare, D.; Cook, Deborah – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
Reviews studies of children's drawings and summarizes experiment which tested 5- to 11-year-olds for ability to execute color use differences and sensitivity to differences in heraldic, gradation, harmonic, and pure color use. It was found that children go from being completely unable to consistently able to produce appropriate differences. (MBR)
Descriptors: Ability, Children, Childrens Art, Color
Speech Research: A Report on the Status and Progress of Studies on the Nature of Speech, Instrumentation for Its Investigation, and Practical Applications, Status Report, July 1-December 31, 1982.
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Haskins Labs., New Haven, CT. – 1982
Research reports on the nature of speech, instrumentation for the investigation of speech, and practical applications of speech research are presented in this status report. The 18 reports deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) cyclic production of vowels in sequences of monosyllabic stress feet; (2) differences between…
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Speech), Auditory Perception, Children