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Peer reviewedGreenberg, Seth N.; Koriat, Asher; Vellutino, Frank R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Examined age differences in the missing-letter effect during letter-detection tasks. Found expected increase in magnitude with age of the effect even when function words and content words were equated for frequency. Word scrambling improved letter detection in function words compared to content words among older subjects, arguing against increased…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, College Students, Cross Sectional Studies
