Physical maturation and information-processing speed in middle childhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786237 |
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| Authors | Warren O Eaton (corresponding author), Kathryn F Ritchot |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 967-972 |
| Publication date | 1995-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.31.6.967 |
| OpenAlex | W4245562593, W2069591968 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Because developmental increases in processing speed may have a maturational basis, individual differences in physical maturation were hypothesized to be associated with information-processing speed. Physical maturity was estimated for 134 9- and 10-year-olds using relative stature (RS), the percentage of estimated adult height each had attained. Thirty children in the most mature RS quartile and 30 in the least mature quartile completed 3 reaction time tasks used by S. Hale (1990). There was an overall tendency for early maturers to be faster than late maturers, although this maturity effect was primarily the result of a significant effect for boys. The early maturers' faster processing times may be specific to boys or to a specific range of physical maturities
Childhood development · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Information processing · Late childhood · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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