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Treisman, Anne – Scientific American, 1986
Appraises current explanations of how visual processing occurs. Highlights the basics of simultaneous and serial levels of processing. Discusses the results of a series of experiments on visual-search tasks and also on the role of prior knowledge in processing. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Perception, Perception Tests, Science Education
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Goodnow, Jacqueline J. – Child Development, 1971
An investigation to account for age changes in the accuracy with which children match auditory to visual series. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Child Development, Elementary School Students
Restaino, Lillian C. R. – 1968
To investigate the underlying factors of visual discrimination, memory, rule abstraction, language, and serial ordering in reading success, 79 poor and 65 good deaf readers were administered a battery of tests. Poor readers were deficient in lower-order visual discrimination and memory abilities; higher-order visual discrimination skills were…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments