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Published on: August 15, 2010
But I thought it was Mickey Mouse: the effects of new postevent information on 18-month-olds' memory
1Department of Psychology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Busch Campus, Freulingheusen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. egsheffield@comcast.net
Abstract:
Two experiments examined the effects of postevent information on 18-month-olds' event memory. Experiment 1 (N=60) explored whether children's memory was reinstated when action information was eliminated from the reinstatement and only object information was introduced. Experiment 2 (N=48) examined children's recall when either (a). information about the objects' target actions was replaced with new action information or (b). the original training objects were replaced with new objects. In an elicited-imitation paradigm, children were trained to perform six target actions, watched a video reinstatement 10 weeks later, and were tested for recall 24 h after reinstatement. Two results were found. First, a video reminder eliminating action information reinstated children's memory as effectively as a video containing object and action information. Second, children were reminded of their past training when during reinstatement action information was preserved and new objects were presented but were not reminded when object information was preserved and new actions were presented.
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