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Zhao, Xin; Fu, Junjun; Ma, Xiaofeng; Maes, Joseph H. R. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2019
According to the executive framework of prospective memory (PM), age-related differences in PM performance are mediated by age-related differences in executive functioning (EF). The present study further explored this framework by examining which specific components of EF are associated with PM differences between and within three age groups. A…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Memory, Executive Function, Age Groups
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Ma, Lili; Woolley, Jacqueline D. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2013
This research explores whether young children are sensitive to speaker gender when learning novel information from others. Four- and 6-year-olds ("N" = 144) chose between conflicting statements from a male versus a female speaker (Studies 1 and 3) or decided which speaker (male or female) they would ask (Study 2) when learning about the functions…
Descriptors: Young Children, Gender Differences, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Sex Stereotypes