Intentional and incidental visual memory as a function of cognitive level and color of the stimulus.
Performance of two groups of youngsters, educable mentally retarded (CA 15-5; MA 11-4; IQ 74.3) and those of average ability (CA 10-5; MA 11-3; IQ 109.1) was compared for intentional and incidental visual memory as a function of cognitive level and color of the stimulus. Nonretarded subjects performed significantly better than the retarded ones of equal MA. Both groups performed better with a color than black-white card, and both groups did better on the tasks involving intentional rather than incidental memory.
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Department of Educational Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
Farrelly
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D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D003118:Color Perception; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D009042:Motivation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012153:Retention, Psychology