The development of associate learning in school age children.
Associate learning is fundamental to the acquisition of knowledge and plays a critical role in the everyday functioning of the developing child, though the developmental course is still unclear. This study investigated the development of visual associate learning in 125 school age children using the...
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| author | Brian T Harel Robert H Pietrzak Peter J Snyder Elizabeth Thomas Linda C Mayes Paul Maruff |
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| description | Associate learning is fundamental to the acquisition of knowledge and plays a critical role in the everyday functioning of the developing child, though the developmental course is still unclear. This study investigated the development of visual associate learning in 125 school age children using the Continuous Paired Associate Learning task. As hypothesized, younger children made more errors than older children across all memory loads and evidenced decreased learning efficiency as memory load increased. Results suggest that age-related differences in performance largely reflect continued development of executive function in the context of relatively developed memory processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25b211c5b22f4bb881deb9b402cd51ce2022-12-22T00:55:44ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0197e10175010.1371/journal.pone.0101750The development of associate learning in school age children.Brian T HarelRobert H PietrzakPeter J SnyderElizabeth ThomasLinda C MayesPaul MaruffAssociate learning is fundamental to the acquisition of knowledge and plays a critical role in the everyday functioning of the developing child, though the developmental course is still unclear. This study investigated the development of visual associate learning in 125 school age children using the Continuous Paired Associate Learning task. As hypothesized, younger children made more errors than older children across all memory loads and evidenced decreased learning efficiency as memory load increased. Results suggest that age-related differences in performance largely reflect continued development of executive function in the context of relatively developed memory processes.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4094421?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Brian T Harel Robert H Pietrzak Peter J Snyder Elizabeth Thomas Linda C Mayes Paul Maruff The development of associate learning in school age children. PLoS ONE |
| title | The development of associate learning in school age children. |
| title_full | The development of associate learning in school age children. |
| title_fullStr | The development of associate learning in school age children. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The development of associate learning in school age children. |
| title_short | The development of associate learning in school age children. |
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