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ERIC Number: EJ341749
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Sources of Age Differences in Speed of Processing.
Kail, Robert
Child Development, v57 n4 p969-87 Aug 1986
Tests two hypotheses concerning developmental change in the speed of cognitive processes: (1) age differences in processing time reflect changes that are specific to particular tasks, and (2) age differences in processing speed do not reflect task-specific change but are due instead to more general developmental change. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Reaction Time, Responses, Schemata (Cognition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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