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Attention and Short-Term Memory in Down's Syndrome.

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Marcell, Michael M. – 1987

To determine whether Downs Syndrome (DS) persons' recall could be improved by procedures that minimized auditory and visual distractions during auditory memory tasks, 16 DS, 12 non-DS mentally retarded and 12 non-mentally retarded persons (mean ages 16, 16, and 5 years, matched for mental age) listened to, looked at, and tried to remember digit…

Descriptors: Attention Span, Auditory Stimuli, Discrimination Learning, Downs Syndrome

Short-Term Memory of Children with Mental Retardation: Structural Defects or Control Deficits.

Katims, David S. – 1987

The short-term memory of 24 retarded and 24 nonretarded individuals, aged 10 to 14, under conditions of restricted cognitive strategy use was investigated. An attempt was made to determine whether short-term memory difficulties of persons with mental retardation are caused by deficits in voluntary cognitive strategies, such as the organization and…

Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Intermediate Grades