Open AccessAttentional and Perceptual Measures: Developmental Changes
Author(s) -
Diane F. Harcherik,
C. M. Carbonari,
D J Cohen
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
schizophrenia bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.823
H-Index - 190
eISSN - 1745-1701
pISSN - 0586-7614
DOI - 10.1093/schbul/8.2.349
Subject(s) - psychology , vigilance (psychology) , perception , cognition , movement assessment , population , developmental psychology , audiology , attentional control , balance (ability) , cognitive test , motor skill , cognitive psychology , medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , neuroscience
A battery of 37 tasks was assembled for neuropsychiatric assessment of cognitive functioning, motor control, perceptual abilities, vigilance, and neuromaturational status. In order to determine developmental changes within a normal population, a test battery was administered to 90 middle-class grade school children (50 boys and 40 girls), who ranged in age from 4 to 14. Statistical assessment of left- and right-handed differences produced only one significant finding, which was probably due to environmental adaptation. The only clear sex difference indicated a gross motor advantage for boys walking backward on the balance beam. All 37 tests correlated with age--with true value correlations ranging from .39 to .87.
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