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Salsa, Analia M.; Peralta de Mendoza, Olga – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2007
This research investigated the extent and nature of the informational support that enables young children to understand pictures as symbols. Two experiments were conducted using an object-retrieval task. The first experiment varied the amount (complete and no instructions) and kind of information (intended function of the symbol and…
Descriptors: Play, Language Acquisition, Visual Aids, Visual Stimuli
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Nathan, Susan W.; Hass, Wilbur A. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1970
Describes a developmental study of semantic structures in children who are asked to determine the fitness of descriptive labels for line drawings representing a variety of perceptual stimuli. (Author/WY)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Acquisition, Paired Associate Learning, Perception
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Younger, Barbara A.; Johnson, Kathy E. – Cognitive Psychology, 2004
Infants' understanding of "toy model-real exemplar" relations was assessed through preferential looking and habituation tasks. Results from the preferential looking task suggest that 18-month toddlers are just beginning to demonstrate comprehension of symbolic relations between iconic models and their real object counterparts. Performance of 10-…
Descriptors: Toys, Infants, Habituation, Toddlers
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bar-Lev, Zev – CALICO Journal, 2004
Computation can have a profound intellectual impact, like the alphabet thousands of years ago. Using computation, people can begin to outline cognitive structures that will revolutionize the way they learn, although, especially at universities, the dreams must sometimes lag behind their potential due to limited funding. Ultimately, however, the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Semitic Languages, Computation, Teaching Methods