Descriptor
| Attention | 3 |
| Cognitive Processes | 3 |
| Dimensional Preference | 3 |
| Preschool Children | 3 |
| Elementary School Students | 2 |
| Research | 2 |
| Age Differences | 1 |
| Cerebral Dominance | 1 |
| Classification | 1 |
| Cues | 1 |
| Decision Making | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textKraut, Alan G. – 1977
This paper discusses three studies which examined the interaction of dimensional dominance with the attentional components of alertness and encoding. In Study I, twenty 6- and 7-year-olds observed thirty 3-second exposures of a color, then participated in a 40-trial choice reaction time task in which the familiarized color and a novel color served…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Cues, Dimensional Preference
Peer reviewedPien, Diana – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Coordination and integration of class information was examined using a multidimensional similarity judgment task in which four- and nine-year-old children rated the similarity of pairs of stimuli sharing either one or two attribute values. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Classification, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedRose, Susan A. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Determines whether early hemispheric differences exist in tactual processing by testing infants and preschoolers on six cross-modal tasks. Results are the first to demonstrate a left-hand superiority for information processing in children as young as two years. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Attention, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Dimensional Preference
