Memory for Pictures: A Life-Span Study of the Role of Visual Detail.

Pezdek, Kathy

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ERIC Number: EJ359834

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Publication Date: 1987

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Memory for Pictures: A Life-Span Study of the Role of Visual Detail.

Pezdek, Kathy

Child Development, v58 n3 p807-15 Jun 1987

Assessed the effect of the amount of physical detail in pictures on the picture recognition memory of 7- and 9-year-olds, young adults, and adults over 68. For each age group, recognition accuracy was significantly higher for pictures presented in the simple rather than the complex form. (PCB)

Descriptors: Adults, Long Term Memory, Memory, Preadolescents, Retention (Psychology), Visual Discrimination, Visual Measures, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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