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de Knegt, Nanda C.; Schuengel, Carlo; Lobbezoo, Frank; Visscher, Corine M.; Evenhuis, Heleen M.; Boel, Judith A.; Scherder, Erik J. A. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2016
Background: Adults with Down syndrome (DS) are at risk for age-related painful physical conditions, but also for under-reporting pain. Pictograms may facilitate self-report of pain, because they seem suitable for the global visual processing in DS and for iconic representation of abstract concepts. Method: Participants (N = 39, M age = 41.2)…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Adults, Pain, Aging (Individuals)
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Verkoeijen, Peter; Tabbers, Huib – Educational Psychology, 2009
In the present study, we explored why interspersing quantitative details through a multimedia lesson detracts from learners' qualitative understanding. Three experimental conditions were created. In each, participants had to study a qualitative text on the formation, propagation, and dispersion of ocean waves. In the concise condition no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Adults, Memory
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Van Bon, Wim H. J.; Van Der Pijl, Judith M. L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Investigated whether the pseudoword repetition difference between poor and normal readers in the Netherlands could be explained by differences in memory for verbal materials or in familiarity with the composition of verbal materials. Concludes that the pseudoword repetition of poor readers is already operative in early, perceptual states of…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 2