Study found that auditory experience has an indirect influence on rhythm perception, but auditory involvement during the task does not. (Authors/MB)

Both acquisition and retention were better when the hierarchy was learned graphically rather than as a list of associations, although the effect was greater on acquisition than on retention. (Authors)

Results suggest that, in general, low scorers on the aptitude measures (low-efficiency listeners) performed better when the material was presented at a normal rate or read and when not required to take notes. (Author/MB)

It was observed that whereas in the average IQ level, the high-SES sample did better than the low-SES sample in short-term memory, this was reversed in the low IQ level. (Authors)

Executive competence is defined as the child's ability to initiate and sustain locomotor, manipulative, and visually regarding activities at a given level of complexity and intensity, and with a given degree of self-sufficiency. (Author)

Results show that the most efficient way to learn a series of lists is to form a new interactive image for each new response to a given stimulus, but the most efficient way to retain the lists is to repeat the previous response items while each new list is being learned. (Author)

A series of three experiments with nursery school children is reported using texture cues to investigate the relationship between cue differences and learning rate. (Authors/MB)

Comparison between relational concepts and word definitions coincided with lower levels of thinking, and abstract definitions with the highest level. (Author)

One major aspect of moral judgment selected for this study is the child's flexibility toward rules. (MB)

Results are discussed in terms of the interactive effects of sensory systems. (Author)

Since season of birth is a factor in school performance, this research is based on the performance of children whose date of birth is held constant. (MB)