Effects of Isolation by Color on Mentally Retarded and Nonretarded Persons' Recall of Printed Words.

Winters, John J., Jr.; Hoats, David L.

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ERIC Number: EJ311824

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Effects of Isolation by Color on Mentally Retarded and Nonretarded Persons' Recall of Printed Words.

Winters, John J., Jr.; Hoats, David L.

American Journal of Mental Deficiency, v89 n3 p310-12 Nov 1984

Mentally retarded and nonretarded children (N=18 each) of equal mental age read lists of nine nouns presented simultaneously in a horizontal format. Recall of items when isolated was reliably higher than when not isolated for both groups. (Author/CL)

Descriptors: Color, Cues, Moderate Mental Retardation, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Verbal Learning, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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