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Direct linkSauter, Megan; Uttal, David H.; Alman, Amanda Schaal; Goldin-Meadow, Susan; Levine, Susan C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
This article examines two issues: the role of gesture in the communication of spatial information and the relation between communication and mental representation. Children (8-10 years) and adults walked through a space to learn the locations of six hidden toy animals and then explained the space to another person. In Study 1, older children and…
Descriptors: Animals, Nonverbal Communication, Spatial Ability, Children
Download full textWilliams, Dean C.; Saunders, Kathryn J.; Perone, Michael – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2011
We conducted three experiments to reproduce and extend Perone and Courtney's (1992) study of pausing at the beginning of fixed-ratio schedules. In a multiple schedule with unequal amounts of food across two components, they found that pigeons paused longest in the component associated with the smaller amount of food (the lean component), but only…
Descriptors: Experiments, Experimental Psychology, Reinforcement, Animals
