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ERIC Number: EJ377903
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Developmental Changes in Speed of Processing: Central Limiting Mechanism or Skill Transfer?
Stigler, James W.; And Others
Child Development, v59 n4 p1144-53 Aug 1988
Examines Kail's argument that similarity in developmental speed-of-processing curves for name retrieval and mental rotation indicates that performance on a wide range of cognitive tasks is constrained by growth of a central limiting mechanism. Results suggest that operation of this mechanism is neither sufficient nor necessary to generate the curves. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Reaction Time, Transfer of Training, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Central Limiting Mechanism; Memory Tasks; Performance Curves; Robert Kail