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Peer reviewedShepp, Bryan E.; Barrett, Susan E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1991
Children and adults performed a divided attention task and two selective attention tasks with shapes that were either spatially integrated or separated. Results indicate that integrated stimuli are initially perceived as wholes, and separated stimuli as features, at all ages. (BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Higher Education
