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Peer reviewedEckert, Helen M.; Eichorn, Dorothy H. – Child Development, 1977
Longitudinal data on reaction time for children in the Berkeley Growth Study and the Oakland Growth Study were analyzed in terms of relative intraindividual variability. Findings indicated a major maturational and a minor learning component in the improvement of mean performance in simple reaction time with increasing age and experience.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedKail, Robert – Child Development, 2002
Two studies examined age-related change in proactive interference from previously learned material. The meta-analysis of 26 studies indicated that proactive interference decreased with age. The cross-sectional study found that third through sixth graders' and college students' recall was accurate on Trial 1, but became less so over Trials 2…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Processes
