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Gonthier, Corentin; Ambrosi, Solène; Blaye, Agnès – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Cognitive control can be triggered by explicit or implicit events; it has been proposed that these two possibilities tap into dissociable mechanisms. In this study, we investigate this idea by testing whether young children, who struggle with explicitly triggered control, can demonstrate proportion congruency effects--which are based on implicit…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development, Child Development, Congruence (Psychology)
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Dauvier, Bruno; Bailleux, Christine; Perret, Patrick – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Relational integration refers to the process whereby several variables are integrated within a single cognitive representation. In cognitive and developmental science, it is regarded as a central function of working memory that may contribute to the development of higher order processes, such as reasoning and fluid intelligence. In the present…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Children, Cognitive Tests, Intelligence Tests
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Chevalier, Nicolas; Blaye, Agnes; Dufau, Stephane; Lucenet, Joanna – Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study investigated the visual information that children and adults consider while switching or maintaining object-matching rules. Eye movements of 5- and 6-year-old children and adults were collected with two versions of the Advanced Dimensional Change Card Sort, which requires switching between shape- and color-matching rules. In addition to…
Descriptors: Cues, Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development
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Filippaki, Niki; Papamichael, Yannis – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1997
Suggests that social interaction of a child in the role of tutor in guided environments allows the building of geometrical concepts in nursery school based on strategies formed in natural settings. Shows a systemic improvement in students' performances when different contexts of guidance were used. (DSK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
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Bramaud du Boucheron, Genvieve – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1983
Summarizes recent trends in French developmental psychology, including those regarding (1) cognitive development as it relates to Piaget's theory, (2) psycholinguistics in preschool children, (3) social interaction, and (4) the structuring of time and space by infants and toddlers. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Infants
George, Veronique; Dussaucy, Edith – 1987
The perception of death gradually develops in a child's mind, reaching maturity at about 8 or 9 years of age. A mature death concept usually means a definition which includes the perception of death as a natural process, its finality, its irreversibility, and its universality. A study was undertaken to improve knowledge about the death concept.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Death
Marbeau, L. – Western European Education, 1988
Discusses the French educational reforms between 1969 and 1985, examining their effects on the teaching of history and geography, which are mandatory throughout pre-university education. Writing for elementary school teachers, Marbeau considers the construction of knowledge in children aged 6 to 11, in history, geography, and the social sciences.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Curriculum Development
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology