[Effects of various kinds of trainings on the discrimination learning in mental retarded children (author's transl)].
Effect of various kinds of trainings on the discrimination learning in which the preferred dimension was irrelevant were assessed in retarded and normal children. In the normals, the effects of the attempts which were designed to direct subject's attention at the relevant dimension before the discrimination learning were found, but not in the retardates. In the retardates who prefer forms to colors but not in those who prefer colors to forms, however, the effects of the attempts during the discrimination learning were found. The result was discussed in relation to the retardates' difficulty of switiching their attention to nonpreferred dimension and to their short-term memory deficit.
D002648:Child; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan