ERIC Number: EJ408510
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Publication Date: 1990
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Effects of Background Event Rate on Sustained Attention of Mentally Retarded and Nonretarded Adults.
Tomporowski, Phillip D.; And Others
American Journal on Mental Retardation, v94 n5 p499-508 Mar 1990
Mentally retarded and nonretarded adults (n=32) performed visual vigilance tests in which single digits were presented at either a fast or slow rate and the rate shifted without warning. Retarded observers detected fewer targets and made more false alarms than did nonretarded observers in all test conditions. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Span, Mental Retardation, Performance Factors, Responses, Shift Studies, Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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