The role of procedural memory in grammar and numeracy skills
| Autor: | Michael J. Coleman, Catherine Mimeau, Chris Donlan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Serial reaction time
Grammar Working memory 4. Education media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 050105 experimental psychology Procedural memory Task (project management) Comprehension Numeracy 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Sentence 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 28:899-908 |
| ISSN: | 2044-592X 2044-5911 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20445911.2016.1223082 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to examine the contribution of procedural memory to grammar and numeracy skills, which both involve the manipulation of abstract patterns. Seventy-six typically developing children between 5 and 7 years of age were assessed on grammar with a past tense production task and a sentence comprehension task, on numeracy with a counting task and a calculation task, and on procedural memory with a serial reaction time task. Moderate correlations were found between the measures of grammar and numeracy. Moreover, 4 hierarchical linear regressions indicated that procedural memory was associated with calculation but not with counting or grammar skills when age and working memory were taken into account. These novel findings suggest that procedural memory may have a role to play in the development of some numeracy skills. Several possible explanations for the absence of contribution to grammar are considered. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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