Performance by 77 hearing-impaired elementary students on test of visual processing was compared with scores on a test of reading comprehension. Performance intelligence quotient correlated with both visual processing and reading scores. Some variance in reading scores was explained by intelligence quotient and performance on memory tests for…

A form perception theory is proposed in an attempt to understand problems in mental rotation and in perception of forms rotated in the frontal-parallel plane. The theory, along with distinctions among four types of information, was supported by two mental and three visual experiments with 74 undergraduate students. (TJH)

Discusses art development in young children. Correlates findings from play research with theories about the development of the creative process in children. Discusses implications for curriculum and teaching methods. (RJC)

The paper describes dynamic orometric instrumentation and procedures developed to measure, display, and guide changes in vowel and consonant production through visual articulatory modeling and feedback routines. Sensors are placed in the mouth to detect tongue shapes, positions, and actions during speech of hearing-impaired talkers, and online…

The characteristics of the skill clusters involved in community living response chains were studied, focusing on the length of the chain, the response classes contained in the chain, and the implicit variations within the chain. Instruction of response chains can be enhanced through consideration of the stimulus control strategies used.…

Three experiments were conducted in which the "face-name" mnemonic was adapted for use in learning 30 painting/artist associations by a total of 183 university undergraduates. Subjects exposed to verbal and pictorial mnemonic aids were better able than were others to match artists and their paintings. (TJH)

Examines the effect of perspective and color on the ability of 192 secondary school children in England to observe danger points in a typical kitchen scene. Reports that more able children perform significantly better than their peers, and that the type of color employed contributes significantly to the scores but gender does not. (GEA)

Experimental studies are reviewed in which stuttering and speech disfluency were subjected to response contingent stimuli (RCS). Research issues are discussed, including response-stimulus contiguity, subject awareness, behavior definitions, stimulus control of responses, subject variability, effects of RCS on nonstuttered speech parameters,…

Presents a psycholinguistic experiment focusing on whether common phonological alterations play a role in native speakers' perceptions of whether two words share a morpheme. Results indicate they are a significant factor in speakers' perceptions of morphemic relatedness. These findings show that phonological generalizations are psychologically…

Advises that teachers help journalism and mass communication students learn to interpret and create clear, effective visual messages. Argues that each introductory journalism course should explore connotations of colors, shapes, and texture in print and broadcast media. (PA)

Describes microlevel features associated with fear spots. Respondents were interviewed about their fear of victimization in relation to eight outdoor areas that varied in the degree to which they offered prospect, concealment, and ease of escape. Higher levels of fear were associated with negative aspects of the former attributes. (JBJ)

To control wanderers' exiting, the view and light through a window were manipulated using visual barriers: window blind, cloth barrier, and a combination of the two. The closed blind decreased exiting by 44% while the cloth barrier was 96% effective. Combining the blind and cloth barrier lessened exiting by 88%. (RJM)

The applicability of two reinforcer assessment procedures to children with developmental disabilities and visual impairments was evaluated. Greater differentiation between stimuli occurred with a choice procedure than with a preference procedure. Measurement of compliance and responding rate in adaptive skill training confirmed that the choice…

Explores the dissociation between the performance by children with autism on false belief tasks, on which they do poorly, and false photograph, false map, and false drawing tasks, on which they do well. Suggesting domain specificity in the development of representational system, the results supported the modularity of theory of mind and the…

This review highlights research suggesting that absence of audition precludes talkers from developing typical articulatory organizational strategies and affects their abilities to produce specific speech events. The paper describes the operational model adopted for formulating experimental hypotheses and considers five roles of auditory…