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Direct linkBoada, Humbert; Forns, Maria – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2004
The nature of the message used by children, 4 1/2 and 6 1/2 year-old, was studied in a spatial description task. Speaker and listener were separated from one another by an opaque screen, and had to exchange information. Speaker were asked to describe a board showing eight objects placed in a room, and listeners were instructed to draw a similar…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Young Children, Task Analysis, Spatial Ability
Drechsler, Renate; Brandeis, Daniel; Foldenyi, Monika; Imhof, Katrin; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: The aim of this follow-up study was to investigate the course of performance in attentional tasks in children with ADHD and normal controls in late childhood and preadolescence over short periods of time. The development of two dimensions of attention was compared: alertness/arousal and inhibitory control. Method: Children with ADHD (N…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Visual Stimuli, Reaction Time, Early Adolescents
Brock, Jon; Jarrold, Christopher – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Individuals with Down syndrome consistently perform less well than appropriately matched comparison groups on tests of verbal short-term memory, despite performing relatively well on non-verbal short-term memory tasks. However, it is not clear whether these findings constitute evidence for a selective deficit in verbal short-term…
Descriptors: Serial Ordering, Reaction Time, Down Syndrome, Short Term Memory
Schouten, Tony; Van Der Sanden, Johan – 1986
Two studies were conducted to determine how students perform psychomotor tasks and how teacher behavior influences performance. Study 1, conducted with about 100 technical students in a metal working class in a technical school in The Netherlands, showed that a process-based heuristic approach, stimulating students to perform complex psychomotor…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Classroom Techniques, Educational Needs, Electronics
Mehta, Mitul A.; Goodyer, Ian M.; Sahakian, Barbara J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: Catecholamine stimulant drugs are highly efficacious treatments for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders (AD/HD). Catecholamine modulation in humans influences performance of numerous cognitive tasks, including tests of attention and working memory (WM). Clear delineation of the effects of methylphenidate upon such cognitive…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Stimulants, Short Term Memory, Recognition (Psychology)
Jeffries, Sharman; Everatt, John – Dyslexia, 2004
This paper reports a study contrasting dyslexic children against a control group of children without special educational needs (SEN) and a group with varied SENs. Children's abilities were compared on tasks assessing phonological processing, visuo-spatial/motor coordination and executive/inhibitory functioning; being targeted for assessment based…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Educational Needs
