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Evidence of a Positive Effect of Verbal Cumulative Rehearsal on Serial Order Working Memory, as Early as 4 Years Old
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Attout, Lucie; Monnier, Catherine – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The use of a verbal rehearsal strategy (repeating the items to be remembered to oneself in serial order) has been identified as a key factor in explaining working memory (WM) development. However, the debate remains open with regard to the age at which children are able to use it, and the actual benefits of using such a strategy. Numerous…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Mnemonics, Serial Ordering, Elementary School Students
Is Verbal Rehearsal Strategic? An Investigation into Overt Rehearsal of Nameable Pictures in 5- to 10-Year-Old Children
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Candice C. Morey; Angela M. AuBuchon; Meg Attwood; Thomas Castelain; Nelson Cowan; Davide Crepaldi; Emilie Fjerdingstad; Eivor Fredriksen; Chris Jarrold; Chris Koch; Jaroslaw R. Lelonkiewicz; Gary Lupyan; Whitney Mendenhall; David Moreau; Christina Schonberg; Christian K. Tamnes; Haley Vlach; Emily M. Elliott – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2025
Though verbal rehearsal is a frequently endorsed strategy for remembering short lists among adults, there is ambiguity around when children deploy it, and what circumstantial factors encourage them to rehearse. We recoded data from a recent multilab replication of a serial picture memory task in which children were observed for evidence of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Recall (Psychology), Learning Processes, Priming