title: Automatized responding and cognitive inertia in individuals with mental retardation.
abstract: The relation between cognitive rigidity and cognitive inertia was examined. Results showed that cognitive inertia was greater in individuals with mental retardation than in CA- but not MA-matched subjects without mental retardation. For individuals with mental retardation, cognitive inertia was positively correlated with CA. Results of comparisons of MA-matched individuals with and without mental retardation were not consistent with Kounin's (1941) theory. However, the current findings provided some support for Kounin's notion that there are age-related inherent structural differences that lead to greater rigidity in older adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dulaney
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D001332:Automatism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003118:Color Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009042:Motivation; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011932:Reading; D012016:Reference Values; D012660:Semantics