The Magic Shrinking Machine Revisited: The Presence of Props at Recall Facilitates Memory in 3-Year-Olds

Autor/inn/en	Dahl, Jonna J.; Kingo, Osman S.; Krøjgaard, Peter
Titel	The Magic Shrinking Machine Revisited: The Presence of Props at Recall Facilitates Memory in 3-Year-Olds
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 51 (2015) 12, S.1704-1716 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000050
Schlagwörter	Recall (Psychology); Memory; Preschool Children; Language Acquisition; Cognitive Development; Verbal Communication; Early Experience; Replication (Evaluation); Context Effect; Nonverbal Communication; Logical Thinking; Foreign Countries; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Denmark; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abberufung; Gedächtnis; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Kognitive Entwicklung; Frühbeginn; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Ausland; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Dänemark
Abstract	In a seminal study Simcock and Hayne (2002) showed that 3-year-olds were unable to use newly acquired words to describe a "magic" event experienced 6 or 12 months earlier. In the reference study the children's verbal recall was tested without props being present. Inspired by recent evidence, the original design was replicated, testing 33-and 39-month-olds (n = 180), but with props present at recall while controlling for potential online reasoning. The results revealed that the children did use newly acquired words to describe their preverbal memory. Thus, the present study shows that nonverbal memories can be verbalized if the recall setting provides a high level of contextual support, a finding relevant to researchers investigating the offset of childhood amnesia. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01