The Performance of Aphasics on Automated Visuo-Perceptual Discrimination, Training, and Transfer Tasks

1965 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Discrimination Training ◽  
Transfer Test ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Perceptual Discrimination ◽  
Form Discrimination ◽  
Verbal Aspect ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Language Behavior ◽  
Verbal Test ◽  
Transfer Tasks

The ability of 24 aphasics to make the perceptualdiscriminations, presumed to be basic to reading, was assessed and trained in automated fashion. Five training programs utilized forms abstracted as those necessary to compose the symbols of the English (Modern European) alphabet, and employed them in shape, up-down, and right-left discrimination tasks. A verbal transfer test was composed of sets of words, nonsense syllables, and individual letters. Data from the aphasic patients indicated that the training programs were effective in improving the latency of the discrimination response and that this improvement was manifested in general transfer to verbal test items. Training and transfer gains were maintained for at least a week after training. The results are interpreted as offering support for the view that form discrimination is a basic factor in at least the visual verbal aspect of language behavior. They also indicate that it is possible to design effective automated training procedures for use with patients who have frequently been considered untrainable.

Reducing avoidance in adults with high spider fear using perceptual discrimination training

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 859-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rivkah Ginat‐Frolich ◽  
Zohar Klein ◽  
Idan M. Aderka ◽  
Tomer Shechner
Keyword(s):  
Discrimination Training ◽  
Perceptual Discrimination ◽  
Spider Fear

Effects of Three Combinations of Plyometric and Weight Training Programs on Selected Physical Fitness Test Items

1983 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 919-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Thomas Ford ◽  
John R. Puckett ◽  
James P. Drummond ◽  
Kenneth Sawyer ◽  
Kyle Gantt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Weight Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Vertical Jump ◽  
Physical Fitness Test ◽  
Fitness Test ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Shuttle Run

To determine the effects of prescribed training programs on 5 physical fitness test items, each of 50 high school boys participated for 10 wk. in one of three programs (wrestling, softball, and plyometrics; weight training; and weight training and plyometrics). (a) On the sit-ups, 40-yd. dash, vertical jump, and pull-ups, each group improved significantly from pre-to posttest, (b) On the shuttle run, none of the groups improved significantly from pre- to posttest, (c) On the vertical jump, groups had a significant effect, but the interaction was nonsignificant. No effects were significant.

Oral Form Discrimination in Normal 5- to 8-Year-Old Children: An Adjunct to an Eating Assessment

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 195-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika G. Gisel ◽  
Hannah Schwob
Keyword(s):  
Age Effect ◽  
Practice Effect ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Form Discrimination ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Oral Motor ◽  
Oral Form ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Group A

Presented here are two studies on the development of oral stereognostic skills as measured by an oral form discrimination task The first study describes stereognostic skills of children 5, 6, 7, and 8 years old; the second addresses the question of whether oral stereognostic abilities are correlated with oral-motor (chewing) skills (see pp. 211–223 of this issue). A total of 86 children participated in the first study. Fifty pairs of small, standardized plastic forms were administered to each child With vision occluded, the child identified each pair of forms as either “the same” or “different” The number of errors was computed for each age group. A significant age effect ( p < .004) was noted, with younger children (5 and 6 years) having more difficulty in correctly identifying forms of similar size than older children (7 and 8 years). No sex differences were found for any of the stereognostic skills measured A practice effect was seen only in 8-year-old children: They made significantly fewer errors ( p < .033) on the second than on the first half of the test. When 10 pairs of test items were presented a second time, the children were 73% consistent in their responses. It is concluded that specific aspects of oral stereognostic skills mature in children between 5 and 8 years of age. These measures will form part of an eating assessment that until now has focused only on the oral-motor aspects of eating development.

Filmed Test to Assess Elementary School-Aged Children's Perception of Figures Which Appear to Move Away from Stationary Backgrounds

1968 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-646
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Herkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Visual Display ◽  
Form Discrimination ◽  
Sound Track ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Speed Of Response ◽  
Item Presentation

The manner in which a 30-min., 16-mm., animated black and white filmed test of field dependence was constructed is described. A sound track provides standardized test instructions. Test items are preceded on film by form-discrimination tasks and item examples to insure that form discrimination and lack of task familiarity do not affect test performance. In each of the 27 items and 5 examples a figure appears statically embedded within a background for 4 sec. In the succeeding 6 sec. of item presentation the figure continuously changes its context of embeddedness by growing larger in the visual display. This technique causes the figure to appear as if it is moving toward the viewer. Ss' performance is assessed in terms of accuracy and speed of response.

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