One possible explanation of the differences between blind and sighted persons (McKinney, 1964; Attneave & Benson, 1969; Warren, 1970) is that vision is the primary spatial reference, and inputs from other modalities are fitted to a visual map. Several criticisms of this theory are adduced. (Editor/RK)

This study identified new methodological variables which might affect the responses of second and third grade children to Piagetian conservation tasks. (GO)

Reports three experiments in infant visual perception which studied the processes underlying infants' shifts of fixation from one object to another. (JMB)

Differences in the rates of visual information-processing in 8- and 10-year-old reflective and impulsive children were measured. (JMB)

Metacontrast has been the subject of two neural network simulations by Weisstein and Bridgeman. This article compared and elaborated on the two models, corrected flaws not inherent in the models' conceptualizations, and discussed the remaining shortcomings. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of this study was to develop an effective model to determine environmental awareness in a geographic region. Included in the instrument were questionnaires sent out to members of the community--educators, clergymen, industrial workers, students. Data from this study resulted in the development of recommendations for other researchers.…

All mathematical feature selection techniques can be classified into one of two major categories--feature selection in the measurement space and feature selection in the transformed space. This article discusses the various feature selection techniques in the light of this two-category classification. (Author/HB)

Reviewed is research which has investigated failure in auditory processing as a cause of language and learning disorders (including defective articulation, aphasia, dyslexia, and specific learning disability) in children and adults. (Author/LS)

The effectiveness of delayed static and dynamic visual feedback is assessed through blind maze tracing tasks. (JS)

The marital-role preferences of 300 female college students--100 each in Thailand, India, and the United States--were examined. (NQ)

In two studies, systematic semantic manipulations were made on a noun for unmodified transitive sentences which underwent active to passive transformations in a communicatively sterile context, and variations of animatedness on the noun constituted significant semantic properties in perceiving sentences that underwent transformation. (Author/KM)

Evidence from Korea suggests feelings of professional inefficacy among journalists in developing countries may be linked to an intimate knowledge of politics and a lack of professional commitment and career tenure. (RB)