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Boot, F. H.; Pel, J. J. M.; van der Steen, J.; Evenhuis, H. M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The current definition of Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) includes all visual dysfunctions caused by damage to, or malfunctioning of, the retrochiasmatic visual pathways in the absence of damage to the anterior visual pathways or any major ocular disease. CVI is diagnosed by exclusion and the existence of many different causes and symptoms make…
Descriptors: Partial Vision, Neurological Impairments, Objective Tests, Pathology
Desoete, Annemie; Ozsoy, Gokhan – Online Submission, 2009
Metacognition is one of the promising contemporary research fields in psychology and education. The concept has been introduced to describe and explain how people gain control over their learning and thinking, particularly in the case of cognitive failures and difficulties they meet when dealing with information processing and problem solving…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Information Processing, Problem Solving, Researchers
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Shipherd, Jillian C.; Salters-Pedneault, Kristalyn – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2008
Information processing theory suggests that cognitive changes following trauma are common and hypothesized to have an impact on attention, memory, and intrusive thoughts. There is an ever-expanding empirical literature where cognitive features of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are being explored. However, it can sometimes be difficult for…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Patients, Memory, Information Processing
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Guan, Ying-Hua – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This study investigated the effects of multimedia presentations on the efficiency of learning scientific information (i.e. information on basic anatomy of human brains and their functions, the definition of cognitive psychology, and the structure of human memory). Experiment 1 investigated whether the modality effect could be observed when the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Multimedia Instruction, Information Processing, Scientific and Technical Information
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Friesen, Norm – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2009
As an alternative to dominant cognitive-constructivist approaches to educational technology, this article makes the case for what has been termed a discursive, or postcognitive, psychological research paradigm. It does so by adapting discursive psychological analyses of conversational activity to the study of educational technology use. It applies…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Psychological Studies, Educational Technology, Psychology
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Ross-Swain, Deborah – International Journal of Listening, 2007
The study's purpose is to determine the efficacy of the Tomatis Method of auditory stimulation as a therapeutic intervention for Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). Forty-one subjects (18 females, 23 males; 4.3-19.8 years old) were evaluated for APD. Performance on standardized tests indicated weaknesses with auditory processing skills. Each…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Information Processing, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Auditory Discrimination
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Morrison, Gary R.; Anglin, Gary J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005
The purpose of this article is to review and critique each of the research studies published in this special issue. We will critique each article, derive one or more instructional design heuristics based on the findings for each study, and provide recommendations for extending particular lines of research. Three suggestions are provided concerning…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Research, Heuristics, Educational Technology
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Morey, Candice C.; Cowan, Nelson – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
Examinations of interference between verbal and visual materials in working memory have produced mixed results. If there is a central form of storage (e.g., the focus of attention; N. Cowan, 2001), then cross-domain interference should be obtained. The authors examined this question with a visual-array comparison task (S. J. Luck & E. K. Vogel,…
Descriptors: Memory, Verbal Stimuli, Visual Stimuli, Task Analysis
Bai, Jianhua – 1992
This discussion of the development of oral proficiency in a second language first examines relevant research and then suggests guidelines for designing classroom techniques for teaching oral proficiency. Research in cognitive psychology is reviewed, focusing on information processing theory and forgetting theory. Research discussed in the area of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Psychology, Information Processing, Language Proficiency
Thorndyke, Perry W. – 1981
Much recent cognitive and artificial intelligence research has focused on the development of "schema theory." This theory supposes the existence of knowledge and memory structures that encode prototypical descriptions of familiar concepts. Schema theory has developed in a scientific environment that stresses interdisciplinary approaches…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
McLaughlin, Barry – 1994
An information-processing approach to language learning is examined; language aptitude is factored into the approach, and the role of working memory is discussed. The process of learning includes two processes that make heavy use of working memory is: automatization and restructuring. At first, learners must make a conscious effort to remember and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures, Information Processing, Language Aptitude