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Direct linkReed, Phil; Gibson, Evelyn – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
Stimulus over-selectivity is a phenomenon displayed by individuals with autism, and has been implicated as a basis for many autistic-spectrum symptoms. In four experiments, non-autistic adult participants were required to learn a simple discrimination using picture cards, and then were tested for the emergence of stimulus over-selectivity, both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Stimuli, Autism, Experiments
Peer reviewedPezdek, Kathy – Child Development, 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
Download full textHoy, Cheri A.; Gregg, K. Noel – 1984
The booklet, fifth in a series, examines the assessment and remediation of reading difficulties in adults with learning disabilities. The section on assessment concerns touches upon reading recognition difficulties, and includes a list of questions for investigating auditory, tactile, and visual processes. Reading comprehension difficulties are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Auditory Discrimination, Informal Reading Inventories
