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Hadad, Bat-Sheva; Avidan, Galia; Ganel, Tzvi – Developmental Science, 2012
The functional distinction between vision for perception and vision for action is well documented in the mature visual system. Ganel and colleagues recently provided direct evidence for this dissociation, showing that while visual processing for perception follows Weber's fundamental law of psychophysics, action violates this law. We tracked the…
Descriptors: Perception, Vision, Motor Reactions, Adults
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Oplatka, Izhar; Tevel, Tova – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2006
From a life-stage perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine the motivation of female students in midlife to enroll in an undergraduate or graduate program and the meaning they attach to higher education (HE) in general. An additional purpose was to reveal these women's subjective perceptions of the benefits they gained from HE at this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Females, Student Attitudes, Adults
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Krau, Edgar – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1989
Investigated transition in life activity saliences and work value preferences for period between junior high school and adult employment. Work Importance Study Salience Inventory and Values Scale were completed by 930 high school and university students and adults. Values profiles of cohorts at different points of vocational development appeared…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, College Students, Employee Attitudes