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Meneghetti, Chiara; Borella, Erika; Gyselinck, Valerie; De Beni, Rossana – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The aim of this research was to examine age-related differences in young and older adults in route learning, using different types of learning and recall test modalities. A sample of young adults (20-30 years old) and older adults (60-70 years old) learned a city route by using either a map or a description; they then performed a verification…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Age Differences, Young Adults, Sentences
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Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Elsworth, Miquela – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the cognitive and behavioral profiles of high ability students. Performance on measures of verbal and visuo-spatial working memory and general ability (vocabulary and block design) was compared across the following groups: high, average, and low ability students. The behavioral profile of high ability…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Profiles, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
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Landerl, Karin; Willburger, Edith – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
In a large sample (N = 439) of literacy impaired and unimpaired elementary school children the predictions of the temporal processing theory of dyslexia were tested while controlling for (sub)clininal attentional deficits. Visual and Auditory Temporal Order Judgement were administered as well as three subtests of a standardized attention test. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Phonology, Dyslexia, Brain