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Peer reviewedSaarnio, David A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1993
Tested a knowledge-based view of early memory development. Assessed preschool children's knowledge about two different scenes and their recall and location memory for objects in those scenes. Found that age, knowledge about categories, and memory for unrelated objects were significant predictors of memory of objects in the scenes. (MM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Memory
