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Peer reviewedGomes, Hilary; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Investigated developmental change in duration of auditory sensory memory for tonal frequency by measuring mismatch negativity, an electrophysiological component of the auditory event-related potential that is relatively insensitive to attention and does not require a behavioral response. Findings among children and adults suggest that there are…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Auditory Discrimination
Peer reviewedWerker, Janet F.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Addresses questions about infant perceptual ability and the possibility of its decline as a function of development in the absence of specific experience. Compares English-speaking adults, Hindi-speaking adults, and 7-month-old infants on their ability to discriminate two pairs of natural Hindi (non-English) speech contrasts. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Child Language
Peer reviewedDrake, Carolyn; Jones, Mari Riess; Baruch, Clarisse – Cognition, 2000
Extends dynamic attending theory to developmental questions concerning tempo and time hierarchies. Compares performance of 4- to 10-year-olds, and adults on dynamic attending activities. Suggests that growth trends could be expressed in terms of listeners' engagement of slower attending oscillators with age and musical experience, accompanied by…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Auditory Discrimination
Richards, David F.; Williams, W. Larry; Follette, William C. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2002
Scores on the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA), Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, and the Wechsler Intelligences Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) were obtained for 30 adults with mental retardation. Correlations between the Vineland domains and ABLA were all significant. No participants performing below ABLA Level 6 were testable on the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Auditory Discrimination, Behavior Rating Scales
