Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ372078
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Sustained Attention of Adults with Mental Retardation.
Tomporowski, Phillip D.; Allison, Pamela
American Journal of Mental Retardation, v92 n6 p525-30 May 1988
The sustained attention of 23 young adults with mild mental retardation and nonretarded subjects was assessed. Findings suggested that the sustained attention of the retarded differs from that of the nonretarded on those vigilance tasks that place demands on memory abilities. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Memory, Mild Mental Retardation, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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