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Portrat, Sophie; Camos, Valerie; Barrouillet, Pierre – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
Within the time-based resource-sharing (TBRS) model, we tested a new conception of the relationships between processing and storage in which the core mechanisms of working memory (WM) are time constrained. However, our previous studies were restricted to adults. The current study aimed at demonstrating that these mechanisms are present and…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Time Management, Children, Spatial Ability
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Iarocci, Grace; Burack, Jacob A.; Shore, David I.; Mottron, Laurent; Enns, James T. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Global-local processing was examined in high-functioning children with autism and in groups of typically developing children. In experiment 1, the effects of structural bias were tested by comparing visual search that favored access to either local or global targets. The children with autism were not unusually sensitive to either level of visual…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Bias, Visual Discrimination
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Ridderinkhof, K. Richard; van der Molen, Maurits W. – Child Development, 1995
Examined age-related changes in visual selective attention--ability to resist interference--in children 5 to 12 years old and adults. The interference effect on stimulus evaluation did not discriminate between age groups; however, the interference effect on correct response activation showed a pronounced age-related reduction, suggesting a…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Attention Control