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Abravanel, Eugene – 1971
This document reports on a study of how the eye and the hand become functionally coordinated during growth. A specific question researched is "How do children use their hands as perceptual tools for exploring objects in order to acquire information about them?" It was assumed that a pre-school child would have evolved a form of eye-hand…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discovery Learning, Discrimination Learning, Instructional Materials
Rutherford, Eldred E. – J Genet Psychol, 1969
Research supported by a predoctoral fellowship (MH-17, 605-02) from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Descriptors: Child Development, Cues, Decision Making, Discrimination Learning
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Bigner, Jerry J. – 1973
Changes that occurred in the use of the dimensions of power and function were investigated in a cross-sectional study of second-born and only children aged five to 13 years. The investigation focused on age of child, sex of child, sex of sibling, age-spacing between sibling and sibling status of child. Results indicated that children significantly…
Descriptors: Age, Birth Order, Discrimination Learning, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Torras-Garcia, Meritxell; Tronel, Sophie; Sara, Susan J.; Lelong, Julien – Learning & Memory, 2005
A rapidly learned odor discrimination task based on spontaneous foraging behavior of the rat was used to evaluate the role of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors (NMDARs) in ongoing memory consolidation. Rats were trained in a single session to discriminate among three odors, one of which was associated with palatable food reward. Previous…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Role Perception, Memory, Memorization