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Bauer, Patricia J.; Larkina, Marina – Child Development, 2017
In accumulating knowledge, direct modes of learning are complemented by productive processes, including self-generation based on integration of separate episodes. Effects of the number of potentially relevant episodes on integration were examined in 4- to 8-year-olds (N = 121; racially/ethnically heterogeneous sample, English speakers, from large…
Descriptors: Young Children, Semantics, Memory, Experiments
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Vlach, Haley A.; Sandhofer, Catherine M. – Child Development, 2012
The spacing effect describes the robust finding that long-term learning is promoted when learning events are spaced out in time rather than presented in immediate succession. Studies of the spacing effect have focused on memory processes rather than for other types of learning, such as the acquisition and generalization of new concepts. In this…
Descriptors: Memory, Generalization, Elementary School Students, Educational Practices
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de Haan, Michelle; Nelson, Charles A. – Child Development, 1997
This study used event-related potentials (ERP) and visual preference technique to assess 6-month olds' ability to recognize their mothers' face. Results of five experiments suggested that infants can recognize their mothers' face, but the neural processes accompanying recognition depend on the difficulty with which mothers can be discriminated…
Descriptors: Experiments, Familiarity, Infants, Learning Processes
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Holliday, Robyn E. – Child Development, 2003
Two experiments examined effects of a cognitive interview on 4- and 8-year-olds' correct recall and subsequent reporting of misinformation. Found that a cognitive interview elicited more correct details than a control interview. Eight-year-olds' reports were more complete than 4-year-olds', with more correct person, action, object, and location…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices