Infants were familiarized with geometric forms and were then tested with a novel form paired with the familiar one. Compared to infants who had longer looks at the display, those who had shorter looks demonstrated more broadly distributed looks, showed more looks and shifts, and inspected more stimulus areas; and their shifts included more…

A Native Hawaiian critiques the notion that philosophy is acultural, focusing on the spiritual and cultural context of knowledge, cultural influences on perception, relationships as the basis of epistemology, practical knowledge, the power of words in an oral culture, the mind-body question, and the politics of education. (SV)

Investigated the ability of the Motor Free Test of Visual Perception Revised (MVPT-R) to differentiate between children with learning disabilities (n=38)and matched control children (n=38). Results showed that children with learning disabilities scored lower, with a significantly greater percentage scoring below the criterion cutoff than the…

Investigated the reliability and validity of the Borg and OMNI rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scales in adolescent girls during treadmill exercise. Girls were randomly assigned to one of the RPE scales during various treadmill exercise conditions. Results indicated that the OMNI cycle pictorial scale was reliable and valid for use with…

Aims to learn more about children's perception of good and poor verbal and nonverbal listening behavior and to test the methodology for conducting this kind of research. Investigates the patterns of behavior on which children account for good or poor listener behavior. Shows that children emphasize overt listening behavior, which reassures them as…

This 1989 American Association of Suicidology presidential address focuses on statistics of 3.6 male suicide completions for each female completion, exploring hypothesis that different socialization and the concomitant differential expectations of males and females are responsible for the increased likelihood of suicide among males. (NB)

Five groups of subjects (n=54, ages 15-43) were assigned a repair strategy to use after misperceiving a sentence through lipreading. Strategies included asking the talker to repeat a sentence, rephrasing it, simplifying it, saying an important keyword, and speaking two sentences. Compared to controls, subjects demonstrated significantly greater…

A total of 45 3-month-olds were observed for stability in forming visual expectations. Findings indicate that infant performance in the Visual Expectation Paradigm is reliable as early as 3 months. Individual differences exist in infants' tendency to form visual expectations. (RH)

It is argued that the visual knowledge of smoothly curved surfaces can be defined in terms of local, non-metric order relations as well as point-by-point mappings of metric depth and/or orientation relative to the observer. A series of experiments with eight graduate students supports this theory. (SLD)

Describes six roles (advocate, mediator, missionary, intergenerational specialist, religious educator, encourager) illustrating type of intramural and extramural contributions older congregational members can make to church or synagogue. Identifies three structural barriers to productive role expression in later life and suggests concept of career…

A series of experiments indicated that by 1 year of age, infants' perceptual categories correspond to linguistically significant categories. Developmental change between 6 and 12 months shows that perceptual abilities of the 1-year-old are not arbitrary, do not reflect all the discriminatory capabilities of the infant, and are similar to phonemic…

A sample of 44 infants of five months of age showed a significant reaching preference for the apparently nearer region of a computer-generated display. This indicated that the infants were sensitive to boundary flow information for depth at an edge. (RH)

A study looked at the psychological characteristics of members of the Ohio Young Farmers' Association and the Ohio Young Farmers' Wives Association and their perceptions of the effectiveness of the associations. The 240 responses provided demographic evidence that the clientele of these organizations is changing. (JOW)

An international expert group met in February 1988 to focus on "Strategies for the Participation of the Elderly in Development." The group agreed that the elderly are an overlooked but significant national resource. Strategies to make better use of this resource for economic development were created. (CH)

Discusses roles of various mental health professionals employed in behavioral medicine settings and describes issues related to interdisciplinary collaboration between mental health counselors and medical personnel. Considers ethical dilemmas related to such collaboration and looks to future trends in the field. (Author/NB)