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Peer reviewedChapman, Michael – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
The hypothesis that perceptual development proceeds from less to greater dimensional separability was tested by giving a speeded classification task to first and fourth graders. Results supported the hypothesis that development proceeds toward greater flexibility of attention rather than simply toward increasing separability. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Children, Dimensional Preference
