The role of process in the rational analysis of memory

Article Abstract:

A study on the role of process in the rational analysis of memory among children was conducted to produce accurate predictions on the odds of varying an item as joint function of statistical associations between items and elements. The study made use of a cued recall task method. Results showed that recall performance is more sensitive to the length of retention in unassociated cues. Furthermore, it was revealed that incorporating estimates of nonretrieval processes on performance reduces discrepancy on theoretical predictions and observed data.

Rationalism, Recollection (Psychology), Recall (Memory)

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Mental models of the earth: a study of conceptual change in childhood

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First-, third-, and fifth-grade children were asked about their mental imagesor models of the earth. Their responses revealed inaccuracies. The earth, according to the children, had several shapes: rectangular, disc-shaped, dual earth, hollow sphere and the flattened sphere. Children's conceptions of the earth's shape were tied up with their interpretation of daily experiences. The children modified their mental images according to the scientifically correct view upon reinterpretation of their presuppositions.

Earth, Reasoning in children, Childhood reasoning

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Spatial breakdown in spatial construction: evidence from eye fixations in children with Williams syndrome

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Experiments were undertaken to assess the function of executive and spatial representational processes in the defective act of block construction by children suffering from Williams syndrome (WS), which seriously weakens spatial cognition. While the WS children could solve simple puzzles with normal eye-fixations, their inability to solve complex puzzles, identify and locate blocks highlighted their deficiency in spatial representation, the root cause of abnormal eye-fixation patterns.

United States, Children, Care and treatment, Williams syndrome

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