Holding in Mind Conflicting Information: Pretending, Working Memory, and Executive Control

Autor:	Kathleen Albertson, Cecilia Shore
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Recall Working memory Memoria Short-term memory Identity (social science) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cognition Object (philosophy) Developmental psychology Psychiatry and Mental health Developmental and Educational Psychology Cognitive development Psychology Cognitive psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Cognition and Development. 9:390-410
ISSN:	1532-7647 1524-8372
DOI:	10.1080/15248370802678240
Popis:	Preschoolers' recall of the true and pretend identities of an object in pretense was examined along with a battery of executive functioning and working memory tasks. We expected that children would retain separate identities, as well as a link between them, after observing episodes of pretense, and that memory for pretense would be related to executive functioning and working memory. Children (aged 37–59 months) recalled the true identity of an object better than its pretend identity. Children's recall of at least one identity was correlated with executive functioning and “dual” working memory tasks, independent of age and verbal ability. Memory for both identities was only correlated with executive functioning. The findings are generally supportive of the claim that children form separate representations of the true and pretend identities of objects. The results extend findings of well-established relations between false belief tasks and executive functioning and working memory.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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