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Direct linkAulet, Lauren S.; Lourenco, Stella F. – Developmental Science, 2023
Accumulating evidence suggests that there is a spontaneous preference for numerical, compared to non-numerical (e.g., cumulative surface area), information. However, given a paucity of research on the perception of non-numerical magnitudes, it is unclear whether this preference reflects a specific bias towards number, or a general bias towards the…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Mathematics Skills, Discrimination Learning, Preferences
Peer reviewedMacnamara, John – Child Development, 1975
A critical examination of two key aspects of Piaget's account of how small children come to understand basic number concepts. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Discrimination Learning, Number Concepts
Peer reviewedKendler, Howard H.; Guenther, Kim – Child Development, 1980
One hundred and sixty subjects from five age levels ranging from 3 to 20 years compared photographs of dogs (e.g., two different Great Danes or a Great Dane and a Doberman pinscher) and judged whether they were similar or different. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Children
Peer reviewedMarkson, Lori; Thompson, Laura A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Two experiments explored the nature of perceptual development in 5- and 10-year olds and adults. The primary finding was that preassessed salience significantly influenced 5-year olds' ability to discriminate two objects, while salience did not affect 10-year olds' or adults' response times. Results showed that salience effects in perceptual…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Children
Download full textClark, Gilbert A. – 1972
The research reported here was designed to measure the abilities of school-age children to form and generalize "visual concepts" on the basis of their observation of prepared sets of art reproductions. The art reproduction sets displayed similarities based upon various visual attributes. Discrimination of the attributes common to any…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Art, Children, Classification
