Reilly S S, Muzekari L H
Percept Mot Skills. 1986 Jun;62(3):823-9. doi: 10.2466/pms.1986.62.3.823.
To determine their ability to interpret messages, normal and disturbed children, adolescents, and adults (ns = 10) were shown videotaped statements containing discrepant verbal and nonverbal components and statements containing consistent verbal and nonverbal components. No significant differences were observed between subjects in response to the consistent messages regardless of age or mental status; however, pronounced differences occurred under the condition with discrepant messages. Among normal subjects a developmental shift was observed, i.e., an inverse relation was found between age and reliance upon verbal content. Younger normal subjects relied upon the verbal content of a message in interpretation, while adults relied upon the nonverbal elements. Disturbed subjects regardless of age relied primarily upon the verbal content of the discrepant message.
为了确定他们解读信息的能力，研究人员向正常儿童、青少年和成年人（每组n = 10）以及有心理障碍的儿童、青少年和成年人播放了录像陈述，这些陈述包含不一致的言语和非言语成分以及一致的言语和非言语成分。无论年龄或心理状态如何，在对一致信息的反应中，受试者之间未观察到显著差异；然而，在信息不一致的情况下，出现了明显差异。在正常受试者中观察到一种发展变化，即发现年龄与对言语内容的依赖之间呈反比关系。年龄较小的正常受试者在解读信息时依赖信息的言语内容，而成年人则依赖非言语元素。有心理障碍的受试者无论年龄大小，主要依赖不一致信息的言语内容。
