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Natalie Bleijlevens; Tanya Behne – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Upon hearing a novel label, listeners tend to assume that it refers to a novel, rather than a familiar object. While this disambiguation or mutual exclusivity (ME) effect has been robustly shown across development, it is unclear what it involves. Do listeners use their pragmatic and lexical knowledge to exclude the familiar object and thus select…
Descriptors: Ambiguity (Semantics), Toddlers, Adults, Cognitive Mapping
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Angela M. AuBuchon; Rebecca L. Wagner; Margaret Sackinsky – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Rehearsal is a form of self-talk used to support short-term memory. Historically, the study of rehearsal development has diverged from the study of self-talk more generally. The current experiment examines whether two characteristics of self-talk (impact of task difficulty and self-talk's narrative vs. planning purpose) are also observed in…
Descriptors: Inner Speech (Subvocal), Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Word Lists