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Peer reviewedDiamond, Adele; Kirkham, Natasha; Amso, Dima – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Systematically varied the day-night task requiring children to say "night" to a sun picture and "day" to a moon picture to investigate why young children typically fail the task. Found that reducing memory load did not help performance. Reducing inhibitory demand by requiring an unrelated response or inserting a delay between…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Inhibition, Learning Strategies, Memory
