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Martin Zettersten; Catherine Bredemann; Megan Kaul; Kaitlynn Ellis; Haley A. Vlach; Heather Kirkorian; Gary Lupyan – Child Development, 2024
The present study tested the hypothesis that verbal labels support category induction by providing compact hypotheses. Ninety-seven 4- to 6-year-old children (M = 63.2 months; 46 female, 51 male; 77% White, 8% more than one race, 4% Asian, and 3% Black; tested 2018) and 90 adults (M = 20.1 years; 70 female, 20 male) in the Midwestern United States…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Difficulty Level, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Lily Dicken; Thomas Suddendorf; Adam Bulley; Muireann Irish; Jonathan Redshaw – Child Development, 2025
Australian children aged 6-9 years (N = 120, 71 females; data collected in 2021-2022) were tasked with remembering the locations of 1, 3, 5, and 7 targets hidden under 25 cups on different trials. In the critical test phase, children were provided with a limited number of tokens to allocate across trials, which they could use to mark target…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Task Analysis
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Merel Bakker; Joke Torbeyns; Lieven Verschaffel; Bert De Smedt – Child Development, 2024
This 5-year longitudinal study examined whether high mathematics achievers in primary school had cognitive advantages before entering formal education. High mathematics achievement was defined as performing above Pc 90 in Grades 1 and 3. The predominantly White sample (M[subscript age] in preschool: 64 months) included 31 high achievers (12 girls)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Children, Mathematics Achievement, High Achievement