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ERIC Number: EJ336387
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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The Relation between Attention to the Incidental Context and Memory for Words in Children and Adults.
Ackerman, Brian P.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v41 n1 p149-83 Feb 1986
Five experiments examined the developmental relation between attention to target and context information and target memory among second and fifth graders and college adults. Results show that when the context is meaningfully related to target information, adults are less selective than children and are more likely to attend to context information. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Identification, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Word Recognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Incidental Context Information