These studies ask whether S remembers a picture better the greater the "depth of processing" he allots to it. Depth of processing pictures of faces was varied according to judgments of sex ("superficial") or judgments of likeableness or honesty of the person pictured. (Editor)

Three studies investigated both serial learning (SL) and retention processes among first through sixth graders. Pictorial serial list items improved SL performance only for second, third, and fourth graders, while fifth graders performed better with verbal materials and sixth-grade performance was comparable in both presentation modes. (Author/CS)

The relationship between perceptual sensitivity and stimulus emotionality was investigated employing a methodology aimed to preclude the intervention of response variables. (Editor)

Discrimination learning studied in 3-year-olds, indicated that children over 30 months of age did better than younger children, and girls learned faster than boys after the first problem. (ST)

Second grade children, divided into high and low achievement groups, were tested on a visual vigilance task in which stimuli occurred 24 times in 30 minutes. High achievers responded correctly more often. (ST)

Pictorial depth perception of Tanzanian children was investigated using two versions of Hudson's pictures test. Revised version test scores were higher for all children. (ST)

Twelve moderately retarded children were trained on 2-choice visual discrimination problems with interpolation of another item between training and retention tests. Results indicated that well-learned items are rehearsed less. (SBT)

Paired associate learning by children was studied as a function of age (4 vs 7 yr), stimulus type (line drawing, color photograph, or object), and mode of elaboration (visual or verbal). Results showed that objects and photographs both surpassed line drawings in terms of learning and that they did not differ significantly from each other. (SBT)

In a recent note, Catlin and Jones (1976) argued that the sentence picture comparison model of Carpenter and Just (1975) could not account for the results obtained in studies where the picture preceded the sentence. In the present note, it is argued that the model can handle the results without adding additional parameters and that the Carpenter…

The value of pictures as prose-learning adjuncts is the topic of the study described in this report. The experiments involved in the study followed five basic guidelines: oral presentation was chosen in order to measure comprehension while eliminating word-decoding problems; elementary school children were the subjects; fictional narratives that…

Describes the construction and operation of a network of entirely passive electrical components that gives a response to an electrical shock similar to an action potential. The network of resistors, capacitors, and diodes was developed to produce responses that would mimic those observed, for example, when a dark-grown pea epicotyl is shocked…

The present experiment measured the effects that shadowing (repeating aloud) a series of aurally presented items has on the reading process. (Author/RK)

Three experiments further explored the Avant, Lyman, and Antes finding that, during prerecognition processing, differences in subjects' familiarity with letters, words, and nonwords generate differences in the apparent duration of tachistoscopic flashes. (Editor)

Article attempted to show how two major factors of decision confidence and expectancy are reflected in the P to the subpower of 3 component (a long-latency positive component) of the cortical-evoked potential. (Editor/RK)

Human neonates selectively fixated patterns with curved rather than straight contours when the outermost contours differed in this form variable and when quantitative variables were controlled. Data indicated the presence from birth of a discrimination ability basic to later form perception. (Author/ED)