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Peer reviewedCherry, Katie E.; Applegate, Heather; Reese, Celinda M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study examined memory for pictures and words in 16 adults with mental retardation and 24 controls. Pictorial superiority effects occurred in free recall and recognition for both intelligence-level groups. Correlational analyses indicated working memory span was primarily related to recall performance, irrespective of stimulus format. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Intelligence Differences, Memory, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBuhrow, Melissa; Bradley-Johnson, Sharon – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
Thirty students (ages 3-20) with profound mental retardation and 30 healthy, full-term infants (5-8 months) were shown 12 patterned stimuli, three times each. Both groups looked significantly longer at face patterns than other patterns. However, the students with mental retardation looked longer at black and white patterns than colored patterns,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Color, Early Childhood Education
