Stimulus Overselectivity: A Common Feature in Autism and Mental Retardation.

Lovaas, O. Ivar; Wilhelm, Hannelore

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ERIC Number: EJ146578

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1976

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Stimulus Overselectivity: A Common Feature in Autism and Mental Retardation

Lovaas, O. Ivar; Wilhelm, Hannelore

American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 81, 1, 26-31, Jul 76

Overselective attention in discrimination between picture cards was investigated with three groups of children with different IQ levels: 10 severely retarded (IQ = 29 - 51, CA = 9.6 - 18 years), 10 moderately retarded (IQ = 56 - 85, CA = 12.8 - 16.3 years), and 10 non-retarded (CA = 10 - 12 years). (Author/IM)

Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Visual Stimuli

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