Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-236).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2008. / Abstract. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-236).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Reformed Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-151).

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010. / Directed by Michael Kane; submitted to the Dept. of Psychology. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jul. 13, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-73).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Reformed Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-151).

Thesis (D. Miss.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2008. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-136).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-236).

This study sought to investigate the influence of expressive task demand, as determined by amount of face-to face social interaction, level of subjects' expressive ability, sex of subject, and sex of experimenter on subjects' digit and visual-spatial short-term memory span performance. The amount of personal contact was manipulated by the automated versus person administrations of the memory measures. The automated administration was accomplished through the use of a microcomputer.

This research explores auditory short-term memory (STM) capacity for non-linguistic sounds in 10-month-old infants. Infants were presented with auditory streams composed of repeating sequences of either 2 or 4 unique instruments (e.g., flute, piano, cello; 350 or 700. ms in duration) followed by a 500-ms retention interval. These instrument sequences either stayed the same for every repetition (Constant) or changed by 1 instrument per sequence (Varying). Using the head-turn preference procedure, infant listening durations were recorded for each stream type (2- or 4-instrument sequences composed of 350- or 700-ms notes). Preference for the Varying stream was taken as evidence of auditory STM because detection of the novel instrument required memory for all of the instruments in a given sequence. Results demonstrate that infants listened longer to Varying streams for 2-instrument sequences, but not 4-instrument sequences, composed of 350-ms notes (Experiment 1), although this effect did not hold when note durations were increased to 700. ms (Experiment 2). Experiment 3 replicates and extends results from Experiments 1 and 2 and provides support for a duration account of capacity limits in infant auditory STM.

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