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Thomas, Jeanne L. – 1983
Research on adult memory for nonverbal representations has found a significant age-related decrement in performance. To investigate age differences in adult locational versus featural information in visual memory, 90 adult women (29 young women with a mean age of 21; 30 middle aged women with a mean age of 43; and 31 older women with a mean age of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Eidetic Imagery
Peer reviewedWhyte, Jean; Harland, Rosemary – Reading Psychology, 1984
Concludes that there may be differential effectiveness of method of reading instruction according to sex, with females finding letter training simpler than word training and males finding the reverse. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Females, Higher Education, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedHelfeldt, John P. – Reading World, 1983
Presents evidence to support the premise that boys reflect a predilection to process information visually, while girls reflect a preference to process information auditorally. Cautions against relying on isolated components such as hemispheric dominance or laterality during the identification and correction of reading problems. (FL)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
