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Examining Recall Memory in Infancy and Early Childhood Using the Elicited Imitation Paradigm
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Turn-taking, timing, and planning in early language acquisition
Marisa Casillas1, Susan C Bobb2, Eve V Clark3
1Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics,Nijmegen.
Journal of Child Language
|November 26, 2015
Summary
Children
Area of Science:
- Child Development
- Cognitive Science
- Linguistics
Background:
- Young children exhibit longer response delays compared to adults.
- Children's response times mature over several years.
- Response delays may stem from simultaneous cognitive demands.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the developmental trajectory of response timing in young children.
- To understand the relationship between answer complexity and response initiation time.
- To explore how children balance comprehension and response planning.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of conversational question-answer sequences.
- Longitudinal study of caregiver-child interactions.
- Data collected from children aged 1 year 8 months to 3 years 5 months.
Main Results:
- Children initiate simple answers faster than complex answers.
- Simple answer initiation is rapid from an early age.
- Complex answer initiation speed increases with age.
- Children's response times improve with age and practice.
Conclusions:
- Children prioritize quick responses from early development.
- Development involves refining faster response types while acquiring slower ones.
- Cognitive load influences children's response timing.
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