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Action-object phrases (“lift the bottle”) are remembered better if they have been enacted rather than learned verbally. This enactment effect is largest in free recall for phrases with objects (“bottle”) present because these phrases can be interactively encoded with those context objects interactive-context integration) that serve as retrieval cues. The present study investigated whether 6- and 8-year-old children are already capable of interactive-context integration. Experiment 1 demonstr...Action-object phrases (“lift the bottle”) are remembered better if they have been enacted rather than learned verbally. This enactment effect is largest in free recall for phrases with objects (“bottle”) present because these phrases can be interactively encoded with those context objects interactive-context integration) that serve as retrieval cues. The present study investigated whether 6- and 8-year-old children are already capable of interactive-context integration. Experiment 1 demonstrated interactive-context integration with 8-year-olds. This was hindered in a condition in which attention was directed away from context objects. Experiment 2 demonstrated interactive-context integration with 6-year-old kindergartners. Taken together, our findings show that even 6-year-olds are capable of incidental context integration through enactment, and that this process is attention-based. » weiterlesen» einklappen

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Psychologie