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Developmental Change in the Acuity of the "Number Sense": The Approximate Number System in 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-Year-Olds and Adults
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Halberda, Justin; Feigenson, Lisa – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Behavioral, neuropsychological, and brain imaging research points to a dedicated system for processing number that is shared across development and across species. This foundational Approximate Number System (ANS) operates over multiple modalities, forming representations of the number of objects, sounds, or events in a scene. This system is…
Descriptors: Number Systems, Neurology, Child Development, Children
Effects of Rate of Stimulus Presentation and Penalty Conditions on the Discrimination Learning of Normal and Retarded Children
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Harter, Susan; Zigler, Edward – Developmental Psychology, 1972
The effects of rate of stimulus presentation and reinforcement conditions on the two-choice discrimination learning performance of MA matched normal and familial retarded children were examined. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children
Outerdirectedness in the Problem-Solving of Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized Normal and Retarded Children
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Yando, Regina; Zigler, Edward – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning
An Observer-Based Psychoacoustic Procedure for Use with Young Infants.
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Olsho, Lynne Werner; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Describes observer-based technique for assessing auditory capacities of infants from three to 12 months of age. This technique, referred to as the Observation-based Psychoacoustic Procedure (OPP), combines features of the Forced-choice Preferential Looking Technique and of the Visual Reinforcement Audiometry. Pure-tone detection and frequency…
Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli
Recognizing Emotion in Faces: Developmental Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect.
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Pollak, Seth D.; Cicchetti, Dante; Hornung, Katherine; Reed, Alex – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Two experiments assessed recognition of emotion among physically abused and neglected preschoolers. Results showed that neglected children had more difficulty discriminating emotional expressions that control or abused children. Abused children displayed response bias for angry facial expressions. Control children viewed discrete emotions as…
Descriptors: Anger, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Comparative Analysis