Reported were four experiments which investigated the developmental and mental retardation aspects of an initial stage of visual information processing termed iconic memory. The stage was explained to involve processing visual stimuli prior to sensation and through to recognition. In three of the four experiments, the paradigm of visual masking…

In continued-word association to key words similar and dissimilar in form and meaning, French-English bilinguals produced different patterns of responses. These are discussed in relation to how bilinguals organize words in their memory. Available from Plenum Publishing Corp., 227 W. 17th St., New York, NY 10011. (Author/RM)

Fifty 4-month-old infants were habituated to one wavelength of light and then tested for recognition with the original and two new spectral lights. After short- and long-term delays with different types of retroactive interference, the results indicated that the infants' recognition memory for hue was quite resilient to interference or delay. (JMB)

The purposes of the present experiments were to attempt to reproduce the Estes and Taylor (1964) results (the number of items identified from a many-item array was as much as twice the full-report span of four or five items) and to compare them with the number of items reported in the full-report procedure. (Author/RK)

Sixty-four four-year-old and 64 five-year-old children were presented a set of 25 pictures of common objects, classifiable either perceptually (color) or semantically. (Author/CL)

Previous work on recalling prose material can be criticized for its limited use of quantitative analysis and for neglecting the theoretical implications of the distinctions between verbatim and other forms of recall. Nine specially written passages used clauses and actual words to split reproduced material into verbatim, non-verbatim and intrusive…

The role of memory factors in the vowel discrimination of normal and at-risk 8-week-old infants was examined by studying the categorical versus continuous discrimination of very brief vowels in a nonnutritive sucking paradigm. Discrimination of the silent delay interval between the last familiar and the first novel stimulus was also examined.…

Two memory tasks--a constructive memory task and a semantic retrieval task--were used with groups of good and poor readers in second grade, in an effort to determine what effect, if any, memory processes have on reading. (MP)

A Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright recollects his early school days, his intense dislike of orthodox schooling, and his development as an author. (JD)

Thirty fourth-grade children were exposed in pairs to a series of slides and invited to take turns asking questions. Results showed retention to be significantly better for information acquired through the child's own questions as opposed to the information acquired through the partner's questions. (Author/JMB)

The spatial and temporal components of a serial position recall task were experimentally manipulated in a study using kindergarten, first grade, and second grade children to determine the factors involved in the primacy effect. (BRT)

Investigates whether 8-year-olds can be taught a mental imagery strategy to improve their memory of prose they read. Results of the study showed that the children taught the strategy answered more questions than the group who did not receive those instructions. (Author/DEP)

Dictation provides practice in concentrated listening and understanding, increases the attention span, strengthens the memory, and provides training in accurate recording. (DD)