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ERIC Number: EJ196676
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978-Dec
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A Developmental Study of the Category Effect in Visual Search.
Stanovich, Keith E.; West, Richard F.
Child Development, v49 n4 p1223-26 Dec 1978
Groups of eight- and ten-year-olds and adults visually searched for the presence of a target letter or number in fields of items that were either of the same or a different category (letter or number) than the target. (JMB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Letters (Alphabet), Numbers, Research, Visual Discrimination, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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