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Reed, Phil; Watts, Helen; Truzoli, Roberto – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have shown deficits in switching between rules governing their behaviour, as have high-functioning children with ASD. However, there are few studies of flexibility in lower-functioning children with ASD. The current study investigated this phenomenon with a group of low-functioning children with ASD…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Comparative Analysis
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Singh, Niharika; Mishra, Ramesh Kumar – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2012
Though many previous studies have reported enhanced cognitive control in bilinguals, few have investigated if such control is modulated by language proficiency. Here, we examined the inhibitory control of high and low proficient Hindi-English bilinguals on an oculomotor Stroop task. Subjects were asked to make a saccade as fast as possible towards…
Descriptors: Evidence, Indo European Languages, Interference (Learning), Bilingualism
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Gaines, Rosslyn; Little, Angela C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
A sample of 107 subjects including kindergarteners, fifth graders, high school sophomores, parents of kindergarteners, and master artists were presented with a 108-item color perception test to investigate surface color perception at these age levels. A set of surface color perception rules was generated. (GO)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Color, Elementary Secondary Education