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The development of memory for ignored speech

J S Saults1, N Cowan

  • 1University of Missouri, Columbia 65211, USA.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
|October 1, 1996
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Children

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Development
  • Child Psychology
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Previous research on child memory development primarily focused on attended stimuli.
  • The role of unattended stimuli in early memory development remains less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate short-term memory for ignored spoken words in children.
  • To examine how attention-free memory properties evolve during childhood development.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Children performed a visual matching task with occasional auditory word stimuli, recalling words presented 1, 5, or 10 seconds prior.
  • Experiment 2: A modified visual task was used to engage phonological processing, assessing memory persistence under more demanding conditions.

Main Results:

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  • Experiment 1 revealed age-related differences in memory, though overall performance was high.
  • Experiment 2 demonstrated significant age differences in the persistence of memory for ignored words when phonological processing was engaged.

Conclusions:

  • Short-term memory for unattended information shows developmental changes in childhood.
  • Attention-free aspects of memory may be a critical area for understanding cognitive development in children.