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Frick, Andrea; Daum, Moritz M.; Walser, Simone; Mast, Fred W. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2009
Previous studies with adult human participants revealed that motor activities can influence mental rotation of body parts and abstract shapes. In this study, we investigated the influence of a rotational hand movement on mental rotation performance from a developmental perspective. Children at the age of 5, 8, and 11 years and adults performed a…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes, Psychomotor Skills, Motion
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Bovet, Magali C.; And Others – Human Development, 1982
Several experiments with 8- to 9-year-old children are reported to demonstrate that "decalage" observed between success in problems of conservation of weight, volume, and density is due to the different task situation as presented by Piaget and Inhelder. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Processes
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Bucher, Anton A. – New Directions for Child Development, 1991
The development of understanding of Biblical parables on the part of 28 Swiss subjects of 7 to 50 years of age was studied. It was found that Biblical parables were interpreted through the lens of one's stage of religious judgment in the manner described by Oser's and Gmunder's (1988) model. (BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Biblical Literature